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I had this, now much improved: * have an early dinner. I eat at 4 or 5 pm. This is extreme, but earlier will probably help if possible. No snacks after dinner
by graeme 6y ago
I had this, now much improved:
* have an early dinner. I eat at 4 or 5 pm. This is extreme, but earlier will probably help if possible. No snacks after dinner
* Get light exposure as early as possible after waking. A morning walk is good
* Exercise close to waking. In practice I do a 7 min workout, eat and walk
* blue light blocking glasses help
* A sleep mask can help. I use a manta mask + their glasses. I don’t actually sleep with the mask as I side sleep, but I wear it for 10 min or so while laying in bed and I fall asleep, then shift to my side to continue. (For whatever reason I can’t sleep on my back)
* Fewer household lights in evening. Lamps are good.
* Decide to get ready for bed even if you’re not sleepy. If you start a wind down routine by dimming lights, brushing teeth, reading, whatever you do before bed, you’ll start to get sleepier. It sounds dumb, but if you are, say, staring at your phone for three hours waiting to get tired you won’t get tired.
* Keep a log. You may identify changes or factors specific to you that help improve things
- kzrdude 6y ago> Decide to get ready for bed even if you’re not sleepy. Thank you for reminding me of this. Two years ago I had a sleeping revolution and I had success with a barrage of efforts I did, most notably giving up caffeine and having this routine, and ensuring 100% darkness. But I have to recognize that I lost the routine now.
- graeme 6y agoOh I forgot, I stopped caffeine too. That helped I think, I just drink decaf now. But yeah simply deciding to start each night is the stupidest yet most effective thing. I think it’s easy to forget this as sleep sort of feels like a non activity vs. say working out or reading etc where deciding to do the thing is obviously the first step.