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I never quite get to follow this routine, but, when I do I get the best sleep (+20% deep sleep, +20% REM, 4X light sleep (as opposed to 5X% light sleep that I normally get)): - soft earplugs - shave, bathe and have all my clean clothes ready for the next day -- because I usually snooze my alarm and do everything in a hurry -- knowing that I can just wake up and go is such a good feeling - drinking 30 minutes before b…
I'm going to check out Isaac Arthur, it looks like there are audio only versions on soundcloud, which works better for me. I've used Art Bell and Terrence McKenna (via the Psychedelic Salon) in the past, and pretty much anything that is mildly interesting yet monotone and frequently I use a sleep timer since I'm generally asleep pretty quickly when this works. For me the sleep prep is more about momentum than duratio…
Also, it's quite serene listening to him talk about gigantic space habbitats; it's such a good/calming thought that all humanity would be able to enjoy space, have all their basic needs met, saving Earth by offloading our resources exploitation elsewehere; I guess it's an engineer's wet dream :)