A young couple tracked the effects of 10 different 30-day sleep quality experiments over the last 18 months

Pretty fascinating...

I've been struggling with sleep for years but moved from 5h to 7h/night

What's worked for me:

- Stop drinking 3h before bed (won't wakeup to go to the bathroom)
- No laptops in the bed (bedroom isn't a place for work)
- Blackout blinds
- Beam Dream Powder 30 mins before bed

For those asking what Beam Dream Powder is..

It's a hot cocoa that is a mix of magnesium, CBD, reishi but puts you to sleep and helps you stay asleep

I was super skeptical of it because melatonin didn't work for me, but can't live without it now

I also love the ritual

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Meltatonin never worked for me. Curious if it's helped other people.

Tbh, I got Beam Dream Powder for free because they sponsor my pod.

When I got it, I was all like "this is just another melatonin, it definitely won't work"

But it did

A few notes from the couple:

- This was done over around 18 months
- They tried to have some breaks in tracking between experiments for the ones that could have a longer-term effect (e.g. no alcohol)
- They also tried our best to avoid colliding with the GFs menstrual cycle

- For fun they also tracked when we “Shared a bed”… I think you can tell who the duvet hogger is
- BF doesn't drink caffeine so only she did the “No Caffeine after 12pm experiment”
- He did “No Video games” instead, which added extra data to the No screens in the 1hr before bed

- They used the Bearable App + Oura ring for tracking
- They originally came up with the idea for it to help see how different factors impacted their mood, anxiety and migraines

Finally, they did a similar study on the effect of video games on their moods

I equally find this fascinating

Animal Crossing/Stardew Valley FTW!

If you're interested in learning about the business of sleep, last year, we had @m_franceschetti, CEO of Eight Sleep talk about it on our pod

Apple
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-it-happens/id1593424985?i=1000549883356

Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/6wZDP3G7I62FbE0YWMa8ah?si=07b8b855c5974e1f

YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpunjYZ3HbA

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Full source from Reddit on the couple's study:

www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/pixqt3/oc_mood_vs_video_games_my_gf_right_and_i_left/