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by ninotheopsguy 1337 days ago
no coffee, melatonin to go to sleep (2/3 hours before), l-theanine, magnesium, no light exposure at all 3hours before, kindle for reading, always waking up, no eating 2-3 hours before going to sleep.

but

you will always go back to your natural chronotype, so embrace it and try to arrange your life around it. Go to sleep when you are tired and that's it (don't get hooked on cheap entertainment)
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chiefalchemist 1337 days ago
Kindle for reading?? Can you unpack that a bit?
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schwartzworld 1337 days ago
Rather than watch TV which can get you a little wired, many people prefer to read. Reading on an iPad or phone is exhausting for your eyes because of the backlighting, and people believe that lots of light in your face before bed hurts your chances of sleeping.

Physical books are obviously an option, but e-ink screens like the Kindle are much gentler on your eyes. They are not backlit, but lit from the side, and the lighting is much less intense. The screen does not feel like looking at a phone display, on the contrary, e-ink works the same way as regular ink, and is similarly easy on your eyes to reading a paper copy of a book. Probably easier, considering the evenness of the lighting you get with a Kindle vs a lamp or book light.

E-readers make it easy to get books. Besides buying ebooks, many libraries have a "lending" program where you can check books out entirely online. There are also numerous free resources for ebooks (many of them legal). All of them have at least a rudimentary web browser for long-form articles, so I will often send things I don't have time to read during the day to my e-ink tablet for reading later that night.

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chiefalchemist 1337 days ago
Makes sense. I'm a traditional paper book reader. It gives me a forced break from electronic screens.

But your workflow sounds interesting. I'll have to give it some thought.

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ninotheopsguy 1333 days ago
chiefalchemist left an awesome comment; that's basically the gist. It's difficult to go cold-turkey every night, so the fact that I have a book to go read is very helpful and makes easy to switch off everything, plus the kindle has this amazing backlight which does not mess with the circadian rhythm, that is, I usually read for half an hour and can easily fall sleep.
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