The best thing I’ve done for my sleep is simply not needing Night Shift (or f.lux prior to that). The solution is just not being on your phone or computer before bed.

Now, I thought that wasn’t an option for years because my anxious and impulsive brain kept telling me I was too far behind, didn’t get enough done that day, need to learn x or y, etc. I was fully convinced by this part of myself.

What I discovered over time was that this habit was producing terrible work in a compounding fashion. I’d do terrible work, feel like shit about it, wake up feeling like shit, rinse, repeat.

These days I read a book at night, if circumstances allow, and sometimes listen to nice calming sounds or music at the same time. It eliminates me. I can fall asleep within 15m pretty reliably. Now instead of getting better at my job or finishing work that could probably wait, I enrich myself with something actually meaningful to me. I love to read philosophy and psychology for example.

I avoid screens for hours before bed, then fall asleep very normally, and wake up feeling way, way more refreshed than I used to.

And the best part? I do better work, I learn faster, I get things done sooner - I accomplished what I set out to do for years by simply doing less of it.

Night Shift isn’t going to save you from bad habits. To all of you who can endure it, I envy your physiology, because it was literally ruining me.