Ever since I got on the internet full time in 1997, I’ve had trouble sleeping.
But I noticed that when my sister stayed with me a couple of weeks ago, I slept well because I wasn’t online just before going to bed. I lived a full day with her and then hit the sack. Normally I’m online until I go to bed and then I listen to Dennis Prager’s radio shows or books on CD. That does not make for productive sleep.
CNN reports: J.D. Moyer decided recently to conduct a little experiment with artificial light and his sleep cycle.
The sleep-deprived Oakland, California, resident had read that strong light — whether it’s beaming down from the sun or up from the screens of personal electronics — can reset a person’s internal sleep clock.
So, for one month, whenever the sun set, he turned off all the gadgets and lights in his house — from the bulb hidden in his refrigerator to his laptop computer.
It worked. Instead of falling asleep at midnight, Moyer’s head was hitting the pillow as early as 9 p.m. He felt so well-rested during the test, he said, that friends remarked on his unexpected morning perkiness.
