The most important part of your sleep

There was a stretch where I thought I had insomnia.
No matter what time I went to bed, I’d wake up groggy.
8 hours, 7 hours, 6 hours — didn’t matter. I’d start my day with heavy eyes and fog like I never rested at all.

I tried everything the mainstream recommends:
Blue light blockers. Supplements. Apps. “Sleep hygiene.”
None of it fixed the real problem.

Then I realized something:

Every day I’d go straight from screen to bed.
Slack messages. News articles. Last-minute planning. YouTube videos on 1.5x speed.
I wasn’t falling asleep — I was crashing.

And that’s the problem most remote workers run into.

You’re always online.
Always mentally stimulated.
And even when you stop working, your mind doesn’t stop spinning.

The fix isn’t to sleep harder.
It’s to create a shutdown sequence that your nervous system can trust.

Not a complicated one — just something repeatable. Familiar. Slow.

Mine starts 90 minutes before bed:

• Dim all the lights

• Phone goes out of reach

• Brew a hot cup of chamomile

• Legs up the wall, nasal breathing for 5 mins

• Journal three lines. Nothing more.

• Prayer. Mask. Sleep.

By the third night, I didn’t have to “fall asleep” anymore.
My system understood the sequence — and followed it like muscle memory.

Sleep is not a button you press.
It’s a state you enter when you stop asking your mind to stay on.

📌 Want the full breakdown with step-by-step flow?
👉 The Sleep Architecture Protocol

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