I'd love to hear from others about their sleep hygiene. I'm mostly curious to hear how people are tackling sleep hygiene to see if there are other things I could add to my arsenal to continue improving my own :).
I'm specifically curious about:
- What aspects of sleep do you optimize, if any? - Examples: Deep sleep, duration, specific windows, etc. - Why do you care about sleep hygiene, if at all? - How do you track your sleep hygiene? - Examples: Specific apps, journals, etc. - How long do you aim to sleep for, and how long do you actually sleep for? - What are your circumstances? - Examples: Do you work from home? In an office with a long commute? etc. - What are the 3 most impactful things you've done to better your sleep hygiene?
In the spirit of fairness, I'll go first: I work from home 5 days a week, and I use 2 apps to pay attention to sleep (Pillow and Autosleep). Their algos are slightly different, so I like to quickly compare and do a mental average of the two. I also use Gentler Streaks and Training Today to understand how much gas I have in the tank for workouts based on HRV and sleep metrics. I aim for 8.5 hours of sleep—normally getting 9 hours—and rarely use an alarm (unless I have an early meeting). I mostly care about sleep duration, followed closely by # hours of deep sleep. I've completely cut out alcohol and caffeine, and I've noticed a big change in my sleep quality since doing so ~1.5 years ago.
