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Originally Posted by davidfor
And that's actually the problem. What you have actually done is trained yourself not to go to sleep until after you have read in bed. If you change that to reading before getting into bed, with some actions between (cleaning your teeth, putting the cat out, etc), you will find yourself going to sleep quicker when you get into bed.
I did this about 20 years ago after reading an article in some magazine. I realised that no matter what time I went to bed, I had to read before I could sleeping. Even if I stayed up to the early hours after being out, I still needed to read. When I changed the pattern, I found that I was sleeping easier and better overall. Of course, since I've gotten ereaders with lights, I've broken that habit and am not sleeping anywhere near as well.
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So, if I go to bed at 20:00 (because it's cold outside and the heater turns off at 20:00), I should fall asleep immediately? You know that too much sleep isn't healthy either?
Especially in winter, I'll go to bed early simply because the bed is nice and warm (at least, after a while...) Most of the times I read a book, sometimes I listen to an audiobook (when it's especially cold and I don't want to put my nose out of the covers
), very rarely do I watch TV.
Naturally, I could sit up in the livingroom, turn on the heater, watch TV until 22:00 and then go to bed and fall asleep immediately... It'll only costs me more money, is worse for the environment and I'll be bored out of my mind for 2 hours... (only 1 TV in the living room, I never liked reading while there's a radio or TV on and my husband also likes to watch TV).