It was during my fifth attempt to arrange bottles in height order before the countdown ran out that I realized my bedtime had long since passed and I was way data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/wellness/sleep/simple-habit-helps-me-wind-down-and-sleep-better” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/wellness/sleep/simple-habit-helps-me-wind-down-and-sleep-better”>too buzzed to sleep.
I should have been dozing happily. Instead I was crouched over my phone, screen blaring in my eyes, trying to organize a set of pixelated kitchen shelves. The ‘de-stress’ game that was meant to be soothing me to sleep was having the opposite effect.
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The search for a calming bedtime routine
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My normal data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/opinion/what-to-do-when-you-cant-sleep” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/opinion/what-to-do-when-you-cant-sleep”>pre-bed wind-down habit is…
