The best thing you can do is five hours before going to bed, making sure you get enough exercise and avoid caffeine.
Other than that, I have a routine of stretching and reading before bed, so usually just doing that puts me out.
Failing that, I used to have really bad insomnia, and one thing I would remind myself is that even just laying awake in bed is a kind of rest, and even if you don’t sleep you can kind of drift off into a reverie here and there.
Related, I find having something enjoyable to think about as I close my eyes is fun and distracting. For me that’s creative stuff like writing stories, designing games, or making game levels in my head.
have done so much gamedev as I float off into sleep… and some of it has even survived to get written down the next day lol. my partner made me stop getting up to write things out as it was wrecking both of our sleep cycles
I have a small notepad and pencil tucked under my mattress that I reach for whenever I have an idea I’m convinced is so good it won’t actually let me fall asleep until I save it.
The best thing you can do is five hours before going to bed, making sure you get enough exercise and avoid caffeine.
Other than that, I have a routine of stretching and reading before bed, so usually just doing that puts me out.
Failing that, I used to have really bad insomnia, and one thing I would remind myself is that even just laying awake in bed is a kind of rest, and even if you don’t sleep you can kind of drift off into a reverie here and there.
Related, I find having something enjoyable to think about as I close my eyes is fun and distracting. For me that’s creative stuff like writing stories, designing games, or making game levels in my head.
have done so much gamedev as I float off into sleep… and some of it has even survived to get written down the next day lol. my partner made me stop getting up to write things out as it was wrecking both of our sleep cycles
I have a small notepad and pencil tucked under my mattress that I reach for whenever I have an idea I’m convinced is so good it won’t actually let me fall asleep until I save it.
yeah was doing something similar but turning on a light so I could write was getting old.