The Five-Minute Evening Habit That Improved My Sleep

rehearsing it.
    I sit on the edge of the bed and take ten slow breaths.

That’s it. No incense, no playlist, no app to open. The simplicity is the feature. A ritual you have to think about is a ritual you’ll skip on the hard nights, and the hard nights are exactly when you need it.
The part that mattered most

If I had to keep only one step, it would be the light. Bright overhead light late in the evening keeps the body in daytime mode; lowering it is the closest thing I’ve found to a dimmer switch for