TV as a Sleep Aid: The Fallback Habit Explained
TV as a sleep aid: why the fallback habit feels like it works, what it actually costs, and how to keep the calm parts if you're not ready to give the screen up.
Screens & Sleep
Audiobooks Before Bed: A Screen-Free Wind-Down
Audiobooks before bed pass the two-question test: they end on their own and come with no feed. How to set up the timer, volume, and slot so audio works at night.
The Digital Sunset: A Screen Cutoff That Sticks
A digital sunset is a fixed evening screen cutoff, decided in daylight, that ends the feed before it ends your sleep. Here's how to build one that survives week two.
How to Stop Phone Use at Night: A Real Plan
How to stop phone use at night without willpower: decide at nine, dock the phone in the kitchen, fill the hole on purpose, and keep one lifeline rule.
E-Reader Before Bed: The Screen That Gets a Pass
An e-reader before bed behaves like paper, not like a phone. What e-ink does to your body clock, why the page has no feed, and how to pick one tonight.
How to Set a Gaming Cutoff You'll Actually Keep
One more match at midnight costs more than the match. How to set a gaming cutoff that holds: decide by day, end on a boundary, replace the lobby hour.
Blue Light and Sleep: What's Actually True
Blue light and sleep is a smaller story than the glasses aisle claims. What the 2015 tablet study actually found, and which thief takes your night.
Does Screen Time Affect Sleep? The Honest Answer
Does screen time affect sleep? Yes, but mostly through content and stolen minutes, not the glow. What the pooled studies actually show, and the fix that's boring.
Gaming Late: Why Matches Steal More Sleep Than Shows
Gaming late costs more sleep than shows because matches are interactive, endless, and end on the server's schedule, not yours, while a show at least ends.
Using an Alarm Clock Instead of Your Phone: First Week
The alarm clock first week is the real test of the phone-charging-outside rule: what to expect day by day, the honest failure modes, and the $10 fix that holds.