I got a Bluetooth sleep mask recently — it's a nice comfy sleep mask that blocks out light very well and also has Bluetooth speakers nestled inside that you plonk on your ears. It works very well indeed, and I think it's been helping me sleep quite a bit better — I'm accustomed to having a certain amount of noise while trying to get to sleep (primarily because of Andie, who doesn't like being in a mostly-silent room) but I don't like excessive light, so I was never a big fan of attempting to fall asleep with the TV on.
Only trouble is, I have a mild problem with listening material. The only thing I have found myself reliably able to fall asleep to is… my own videos. Probably because I know them so well and because they have good memories attached to them; probably because I don't feel I need to "actively" listen to them.
But nope, it really is the case; anything else I try — including things that are explicitly supposed to be relaxing, such as ASMR videos, end up being things that engage my attention sufficiently to keep me awake. In the case of the video I tried last night, it also had the unwanted side effect of making me excessively horny, so I will be saving that particular VTuber's ASMR streams for… more appropriate times in future. (Ayamy Garubinu, if you're curious.)
I'm sure this probably says something uncomplimentary about either me or my videos — but oh well, it works for me, so I'll stick with it for now. At least it means I'm even more likely to remember obscure Atari facts than I already was…!
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