OrphanWilde comments on A very long list of sleep maintenance suggestions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 16 October 2015 04:48:43AM 2 points [-]

bedside notepad for anything you might want to write down - if something is keeping you up; you can use this to record things and effectively put them out of your mind so that you can go to sleep.

is this a distraction?

For some people, some of the time, yes. If you sometimes find your mind ablaze with an incredible thought, writing it down can relieve this.

Comment author: Elo 16 October 2015 05:37:30AM 2 points [-]

This may appear unclear in the table; there are two main sources of commentary on the usefulness of these ideas for improving sleep quality. I am confident that it can help people who are in the state of, "thinking too hard to relax and get to sleep". of course it can go wrong, but I would expect it to be usually good. Also handy for planning out the next day, or writing down dreams, or flash-of-brilliance-thoughts.