> minimising the amount of time I spend lying awake at bedtime. ... this being the reason why it's conventionally inadvisable. :) I think that unwinding like

> minimising the amount of time I spend lying awake at bedtime. ... this being the reason why it's conventionally inadvisable. :) I think that unwinding like this before bed does work well for many - personally I've found that if I end my day in the middle of solving a problem, I am able to pick up and continue much more rapidly in the morning if I don't interrupt whatever I was working on before bed. For similar reasons, I try to take out time to exercise and really move about just before midday/lunch, usually about the time that I've started to feel myself naturally slowing down and losing focus anyway after a few hours (even with breaks) of working.