[toomuchtodo]

Eye mask. iPhone in sleep mode at 7pm local time. In bed lights out no later than 9-10pm. Alarm set for 8am on wfh days, 7am on rare travel days when I have to catch a flight.

TLDR actively defend your sleep time. People think it’s wasted time, but it’s the most important work for long term health (including long term brain health). Money doesn’t buy back beating your body into the ground.

[captainkrtek]

Same here. I find reading (book, kindle) before bed, drinking water to cool down, and not being on my phone for a couple hours help quite a bit

[itsoktocry]

>Eye mask.

I have a lot of trouble with eye masks, ear plugs.

Not necessarily that I can fall asleep with them (I do), but they cause me to wake at some point in the night to remove. Maybe I have to develop the habit.

[mgkimsal]

Pricey, but look in to Bose SleepBuds ][. Life changing for me. My wife got a pair later and hated them for the first 3 nights ("they hurt, can't sleep", etc) then it 'clicked' and she loves hers too. My brother picked up a pair for $100 on craigslist and... he likes his too (but doesn't use them every night apparently).

[wincy]

Geez no wonder I have so many problems. I wake up at 8am and don’t go to sleep until 1-2am every night.

[antihero]

What time do you end up actually going to sleep and waking up? 10-8 would be 10 hours sleep.

[bergenty]

So 10-11 hours a day? That’s a waste of life. I don’t mean you can’t be productive, I just mean you don’t have enough time for existence.

[toomuchtodo]

Respectfully, living well isn’t a waste of life. I live to enjoy my life (which I only get one of), and getting enough sleep to enjoy my day being well rested is a component of that. I’m not always sleeping 10 hours, but I’m never getting less than 8 hours. I let me body decide.