Coaching practices for Okrs for People Not Just Companies Before Bed
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- I go straight from being fully switched-on
- I answer the last email at 11:58 and then expect to be asleep by midnight, and instead I lie there still buzzing in work-mode
- There’s no point where I actually put the screen down for the night
- My bed has basically become my office and my couch
- By bedtime I’m still buzzing from the day and I get into bed wired
Practices that may help
- OKRs for People, Not Just Companies
OKRs pair an Objective — a qualitative, ambitious statement of what you want — with a few measurable Key Results that prove you got there. The framework is best known from Intel and Google as an organizational tool, but its core moves (ambitious goals, hard metrics, a regular review cadence) rest on goal-setting principles that have genuine research support. - Build a consistent pre-sleep wind-down routine
Create a repeatable 30-60 minute pre-sleep sequence that cues the nervous system toward rest.
The Phone-Free Bedroom - Build a no-work buffer in the final 60 minutes
Closing work tasks at least 60 minutes before bed allows the sympathetic nervous system to downregulate before sleep is attempted.
The Wind-Down Routine: Engineering Your Path to Sleep - Set a screen cutoff time
Pick a consistent hour to put screens away and protect the wind-down window.
The Digital Sunset - Restore the bedroom as a stimulus for sleep only
Reserve the bed exclusively for sleep and sex — no working, scrolling, or watching in bed.
The Phone-Free Bedroom - Evening yoga routine for sleep
A gentle 15-minute yoga sequence 30–60 minutes before bed lowers cortisol and core temperature to accelerate sleep onset.
Yoga for Stress: What the Research Shows - Anchor the wind-down with a consistent starting cue
A repeated pre-sleep ritual — a specific tea, a book, a certain playlist — becomes a conditioned cue that induces sleepiness over time.
The Wind-Down Routine: Engineering Your Path to Sleep - Build a wind-down buffer before bed
Spend 30–60 minutes downshifting so the brain can transition out of high arousal.
Sleep Hygiene That Actually Moves the Needle - Replace phone scrolling with a physical book at bedtime
A physical book provides relaxation without blue light, notifications, or the variable-reward loop.
The Phone-Free Bedroom - Pre-sleep trataka for insomnia and mind-calming
A ten-minute trataka session in low light before bed draws scattered thoughts into a single point.
Trataka: The Yoga Practice of Fixed-Gaze Meditation
Related concerns
- The Hedonic Treadmill Before Bed
The hedonic treadmill describes the human tendency to return to a roughly stable level of wellbeing after positive or negative life events — which means that chasing external outcomes for lasting happiness is largely futile. Research since Brickman and Campbell suggests the set point is real but not fixed: deliberate practices (gratitude, savoring, varied experiences) can raise it modestly.
- The Power Of Habit Before Bed
A repeated pre-sleep ritual — a specific tea, a book, a certain playlist — becomes a conditioned cue that induces sleepiness over time.
Anchor the wind-down with a consistent starting cue
- Committed Action Before Bed
A gentle 15-minute yoga sequence 30–60 minutes before bed lowers cortisol and core temperature to accelerate sleep onset.
Evening yoga routine for sleep
- Flow Triggers Before Bed
A repeated pre-sleep ritual — a specific tea, a book, a certain playlist — becomes a conditioned cue that induces sleepiness over time.
- Lifestyle Design Before Bed
A repeated pre-sleep ritual — a specific tea, a book, a certain playlist — becomes a conditioned cue that induces sleepiness over time.
- Monotasking Before Bed
Monotasking (single-tasking) means doing one thing at a time and finishing or transitioning deliberately rather than juggling. It works because what feels like multitasking is really rapid task-switching, and each switch leaves "attention residue" and a measurable time-and-error cost. The research on switch costs is strong; the productivity gains follow from removing them.
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