How to Build a Bedtime Routine That Fits Your Life
Seven steps for building a wind-down you can keep on an ordinary weeknight, starting from the time you have to get up.
Bedtime routines that fit real evenings, a more comfortable bedroom, caffeine timing, sleep diaries and trackers — and how to read sleep advice without chasing a perfect night. General information, not treatment for sleep disorders.

Seven steps for building a wind-down you can keep on an ordinary weeknight, starting from the time you have to get up.

Official sources give different cut-off times for caffeine before bed. Here is what each says, why they differ, and how to test your own.

A two-minute morning and evening template, four rules for keeping it honest, and how to read two weeks of entries without over-interpreting them.

Five familiar sleep rules set beside what public health guidance actually says, and a plainer test of whether your sleep is working.

A ten-minute night-time walk-through of light, sound, temperature and bedding, with low-cost fixes for shared and rented rooms.

One imagined working week, one small change a day: a closing-down list, moving the laptop, a short version for late nights, and a Saturday review.
Consumer sleep trackers estimate sleep from movement and pulse. That makes them useful for trends and unsuitable for diagnosis.