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- After struggling with sleep (mainly with falling asleep) for more than a decade, I found out that the brightness and temperature of lights affect the sleep cycle (I used to have florescent lights/daylight bulbs on till bedtime), and so I've made some changes, and here's what's been working for me for the past few years:
- 3 hours before I go to sleep I dim or switch off every bright light, whether from light bulbs or electronic screens.
- -I use secondary lights for the evening: in my work room I have a separate standing lamp with a 6W 3000K led bulb that I turn on 3 hours before bed; In my bathroom I have a pluggable light socket with a 15W bulb (not led); And in my bedroom I have a very dim night-light that I use before bed (There are also similar main/secondary bulbs in the hallway/kitchen/etc.)
- -For my PC I use the software f.lux to control the light temperature of the screen (my settings are 4700K for Daytime, 4100K for Sunset, and 2600K for Bedtime).
- My monitor's brightness is set to 20% (permanent), and I control my screen's brightness through the control panel of my graphic card: during the day it is set to -10, and an hour before I go to bed I lower it to -50.
- (When I used a laptop I set the screen brightness to 30% during the day, then lowered it to 10% at night)
- -In phones and tablets there are (generally) built-in settings to automatically control the screen brightness and color temperature based on the lighting in the room and the hour/sunset. Though I prefer to use the app Twilight for that.
- -I sleep in a completely dark room (covering led lights from electronics, covering windows with black cling films, etc.).
- I also have an air filtering device that creates a white noise by doing so, which might help as well.
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