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What sleep or before sleep habits do you have to ensure a good night's sleep?

According to this article, listening to relaxing music can improve not only quantity of sleep, but also quality.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4228707.stm

I personally don't do this, but I might try it some day if it can improve my normal alert state. What I normally do before I go to bed is listen to Pimsleurlanguage lessons. They're audio lessons that teach you vocabulary and grammar and other things about the particular language you're studying. They're about 30 minutes long. I do it for a few reasons: it's a good way to learn and get familiar with foreign languages without upsetting my daily schedule; doing it before bed improves the odds of getting the information absorbed; it's relaxing; and it's a routine: it lets the body and mind know that soon it's going to be time to sleep. That's probably the most important part in terms of its sleep aiding effects. That's what it has in common with the advice of that BBC health article. It's the whole idea of having a before sleep ritual that winds you down and lets your body and mind know that it's soon going to be time to sleep. Do you have a ritual?

Heh, what does this thread have to do with loneliness? Maybe it could have been "Advice for improving sleep"?

I tend to put a talk radio station on (usually LBC 97.3) and doze off to that.

Maybe Greentea is looking for a cuddle partner

My general per-bedtime habit is to stay up way into the early morning hours until I my eyelids start drooping, then crawl under my covers and hug my pillow. This usually nets me around 4hrs of sleep.

For that past year or so (probably tied to my divorce), if I have music on at bedtime it's usually my rock music loops (Staind, Breaking Benjamins, Three Days Grace, Linkin Park, etc.), or the other stuff like Greenday, Nickleback, My Chemical Romance, Hinder.

Funny thing is, I used to listen to Beethoven during afternoon naps when I lived in Austin, Texas back in my early 20's. I had a job where I worked 24hr shifts and had a couple days off in a row, so I was home a lot sometimes.
Those were some pretty good naps if I remember correctly.

I haven't thought about how my current music choice affects my sleep.