Set a Bedtime Alarm
How often do you become so engrossed in a task--whether work or play--that you suddenly realize it's way later than you intended to go to bed? Where did the evening go? Now you've only got six, five... four(?!?) hours to sleep, and no time to unwind properly?
I've spoken before about the importance of shutting down electronics before bed, but if you want to have time to shut down and begin to wind down for sleep, you've got to recognize that it's bedtime 30 to 60 minutes before you actually intend to sleep!
For this reason, I often keep a "bedtime alarm" set, so that on weeknights, my phone will remind me, "Hey, it's almost ten o'clock; you might want to finish what you're doing and start getting washed up and ready for bed." In case you were wondering, my bedtime alarm sound is crickets. Thank you, iPhone.
This is my little trick to make sure I get my eight hours in. It may seem silly, but why? It's just a friendly (self-imp…
I've spoken before about the importance of shutting down electronics before bed, but if you want to have time to shut down and begin to wind down for sleep, you've got to recognize that it's bedtime 30 to 60 minutes before you actually intend to sleep!
For this reason, I often keep a "bedtime alarm" set, so that on weeknights, my phone will remind me, "Hey, it's almost ten o'clock; you might want to finish what you're doing and start getting washed up and ready for bed." In case you were wondering, my bedtime alarm sound is crickets. Thank you, iPhone.
This is my little trick to make sure I get my eight hours in. It may seem silly, but why? It's just a friendly (self-imp…
