Casual Evening hygiene - your ways for a good sleep

[Bibr]

sup everyone,
with this how little sleep I have recently i decided to read a bit into whole "bedtime hygiene" thing. Before I begin, it's not about keeping ya sheets clean, but more about slowing down and cleaning your mind before going to sleep.

I have to say, it's rather enjoyable.
I decided to go for 10-15 minutes of breathing exercises in the dark. I don't want to call it meditation, because I can't clear my mind from all the noise. So I just focus on slow, steady breathing and in general "noise reduction". After such session I go straight to bed, no more bathroom breaks / eating / vidya. I make sure that my morning alarms are also set, so there's no excuse to use my phone.
To make it clear, i try to roughly time it so i don't have any extra sleep time. I only want to increase quality of my sleep, not the duration of it.

Does it make any difference ?
I think it does. I've been sleeping with a chest strap to monitor my resting HR. After those exercises my HR is on average lower by few beats per minute. I'm still monitoring it every other night. Mostly from curiosity how low can it go.

Is anyone here also practising something similar ? What are your general thoughts on "phone in bed le bad" ?

 

[playFACE]

sup everyone,
with this how little sleep I have recently i decided to read a bit into whole "bedtime hygiene" thing. Before I begin, it's not about keeping ya sheets clean, but more about slowing down and cleaning your mind before going to sleep.

I have to say, it's rather enjoyable.
I decided to go for 10-15 minutes of breathing exercises in the dark. I don't want to call it meditation, because I can't clear my mind from all the noise. So I just focus on slow, steady breathing and in general "noise reduction". After such session I go straight to bed, no more bathroom breaks / eating / vidya. I make sure that my morning alarms are also set, so there's no excuse to use my phone.
To make it clear, i try to roughly time it so i don't have any extra sleep time. I only want to increase quality of my sleep, not the duration of it.

Does it make any difference ?
I think it does. I've been sleeping with a chest strap to monitor my resting HR. After those exercises my HR is on average lower by few beats per minute. I'm still monitoring it every other night. Mostly from curiosity how low can it go.

Is anyone here also practising something similar ? What are your general thoughts on "phone in bed le bad" ?

having a phone in bed, at least for me, leads to me wanting to use it and ruining the whole sleep thing. i have already tricked my brain into thinking putting my phone into set locations = sleep time. i do agree though that having a phone in your bed usually leads to not sleeping on time though.

i would push for everyone to try to improve the quality of their sleep. i used to work nightshifts so having good sleep and a consistent schedule are key features for not constantly waking up in the morning feeling like shit and needing a pick-me-up.

 

[V]

90% of the time I put music on when going to sleep (metal, pop, almost every genre) so my phone is near me and I still fall asleep like a mf

 

[Khastle]

When I go sleep I make sure to limit blue light and make sure my phone has no connections enabled to avoid disturbances; then I go cozy mode.