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Sleep routine: fall asleep better

From study mode to sleep mode – an evening routine built on sleep research.

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How are you right now?

Mood
awfulgreat
Stress
relaxedmaxed out
Energy
drainedfully charged

After a few days you'll see here how your mood and stress develop.

Sleep

From study mode to sleep mode – an evening routine built on sleep research.

Sleep routine

15 min

Five steps from desk to bed: write down tomorrow, prepare the room, breathe slowly, release your muscles, shuffle your thoughts.

Each step has its own evidence; together they become a cue your body learns over time: now it's time to sleep.Scullin 2018 · Laborde 2022 · Beaudoin 2016

Cognitive shuffle

5 min

In bed: think of harmless things for each letter of a word and picture them.

Random calm pictures instead of rumination loops – like the drifting just before sleep. Promising, but not yet well studied.Beaudoin 2016

Exercises are no substitute for help if you've been feeling bad for a while. Talk to your university's counselling service. In a crisis: call your local emergency number or a crisis line in your country.

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