I recently quit booze and also started avoiding devices (phone and laptop, basically) for the first and last hour's of the day - though usually slightly more in the evening. The impact on my sleep quality has been genuinely quite alarming: a HUGE shift, wherein I'm sleeping 100x better than I was.
I have ADHD so much of this was done in the context of that - i.e. avoiding feeding that dopamine cycle by constantly finding stimulus and cognitive load - but I think it would be just as applicable to anyone else, ADHD or not.
The advice I had was to try and treat the day like a bell curve in terms of stimulus. Hence avoiding the devices first thing too. Ease into the day, and ease out of it as well.
It's made such a difference though; I am still quite shocked and just how impactful it has been.
All of which is, I guess, one big "AMEN!" to this entire piece Bas!
I also quit booze at the start of the year and was surprised it didn't really have an impact on my sleep. Though the combination of that + some other lifestyle changes has definitely improved my quality of life, including energy levels.
And yes, love that bell curve idea. I try to keep my meetings in the afternoon, so I have the morning for focused tasks and evenings to unwind and focus on body / mind / relationships. Frankly, it's kind of made me wonder about my career in the music industry, as I'm not eager to jump on evening calls with people in LA.
I have a complicated relationship with my work in music. On the one hand I love it to death. On the other I feel like it has a neverending desire for its pound of flesh. And as I age, I feel I owe the music industry less. Nothing, even, these days.
I recently quit booze and also started avoiding devices (phone and laptop, basically) for the first and last hour's of the day - though usually slightly more in the evening. The impact on my sleep quality has been genuinely quite alarming: a HUGE shift, wherein I'm sleeping 100x better than I was.
I have ADHD so much of this was done in the context of that - i.e. avoiding feeding that dopamine cycle by constantly finding stimulus and cognitive load - but I think it would be just as applicable to anyone else, ADHD or not.
The advice I had was to try and treat the day like a bell curve in terms of stimulus. Hence avoiding the devices first thing too. Ease into the day, and ease out of it as well.
It's made such a difference though; I am still quite shocked and just how impactful it has been.
All of which is, I guess, one big "AMEN!" to this entire piece Bas!
I also quit booze at the start of the year and was surprised it didn't really have an impact on my sleep. Though the combination of that + some other lifestyle changes has definitely improved my quality of life, including energy levels.
And yes, love that bell curve idea. I try to keep my meetings in the afternoon, so I have the morning for focused tasks and evenings to unwind and focus on body / mind / relationships. Frankly, it's kind of made me wonder about my career in the music industry, as I'm not eager to jump on evening calls with people in LA.
I have a complicated relationship with my work in music. On the one hand I love it to death. On the other I feel like it has a neverending desire for its pound of flesh. And as I age, I feel I owe the music industry less. Nothing, even, these days.
Would it be accurate to say that over time your motive has become… unknown?
BOOOOO!!!