Over at A Blog Around The Clock, they have posted what looks like one of the better looks at how and why we sleep in their Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) and it has some great comments about how to wind down at the end of the day.
None of it’s new advice, I’ve read the majority of it before in one form or another spread around the internet, though its good to see it with fresh eyes and all layed out in a concise form. But for me, while I know I’m not getting enough sleep, and that I should stop watching TV or peering at bright screens at night I just can’t figure out a way to fit that into my life. Not because I have to much to do on paper, but living in a shared house that acts as a social hub, I’m always fitting in “me time” around people on shifts who come and go at reasonable hours.
With that said, I came to the only solution that makes sense; Tell people I have something to do, or need to go to bed, and do it. Obviously, if there is a planned event or something, that would be a bit rude. But when people are just calling around for a cup of tea or glass of wine in an evening, then it needs to be done. And actually, nobody minds now that I make a point of doing it.
