I just finished watching a YouTube video telling me how I could get a better night sleep. I am all for that. I do sleep pretty well. I don’t have nightmares. Occasionally I will remember a dream, but not often. I usually wake refreshed and ready to go. I am one, however, to want to continuously learn. The YouTube narrator used research to back up what he was saying. He began by telling that I need to turn off my screen 90 minutes before bed. He said this would reduce my stress. As soon as I thought about turning off my screen time 90 minutes before I went to bed my stress index shot up. How would I find out how my teams are doing? There might be something important on Twitter. What if there was an important call? Or perhaps an important text message from some political party asking me for a donation? What if I wanted to check the weather? I haven’t started talking about television. Surely I can record my favorite shows, but when would I watch them if I’m turning everything off 90 minutes before I go to bed? I hope you can understand my dilemma. I think I will compromise and try to shut down screen time 30 minutes before bed. I’m going to try it for a week. Well maybe not this week, the Red Sox are playing better and I can’t pass a chance to watch them when they are on TV. Chamomile tea anyone?
❓Speculative Questions:
- If I turn off my screen 90 minutes before bed, will I develop superpowers… or just miss all my texts?
- Is it even considered “winding down” if I spend the whole time wondering what I’m missing?
- What’s harder: breaking up with Netflix or waking up refreshed?