Hey HN,<p>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 :).<p>I'm specifically curious about:<p>- 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?<p>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.