I am a musician. I play something challenging before bed, but it is done super slow and with precise technique. The non-rem phase will clean the practiced part even further. I can see development in my playing as early as next morning.
I love this and am going to pick up this habit myself, thank you. I'm doing this thing where once my head hits the pillow, rather than listening to music, I sing my lyrics over and over again and picture me singing them, the way my mouth moves and the way my throat feels hitting certain notes. I have a LOT of trouble remember lyrics. It's working really well. Your nightly guitar routine is really innaresting and am certainly gonna give that a whirl with some of the more tricky bits in my tunes.
As a writer, I write at different parts of the day. But I believe that writing for an hour or two right before bed is a very good and important thing, bc your unconscious mind, liberated from the constraints of your conscious mind once 'it' falls asleep, keeps working on that. It's got its little 'editor' hat on, and might whisper a suggestion to make it better as you are waking up. If you were only to write in the morning, that likely would not happen.
@@tomlewis4748 I resonate! :) As an author of ~600,000 words (along with 350+ non-A.I. illustrations which I crafted for my series), there is literally TONS to be said regarding the various wavelengths of the brain during different states of activity and/or hours of the day or night. To be clear, I'm talking about more than merely one form of consciousness, and considering the science of alpha, beta, theta, etc. waves. Reflection is key. :) Cheers!
Sometimes when I'm reading way later at night than I should be, I still hear a noise and assume it's my parents coming to yell at me to go to bed (I'm 27 now)
I am somewhat disappointed. I got all excited thinking "great, a RUclipsr who actually cites studies", but when I check "the sources", they are three opinion pieces, the kind that also tell you "studies say..." without telling you which studies. The other file, "Researches" does link to peer review academic journals that could conceivably contain relevant papers, but no actual study is cited. I am not disagreeing with the premise. I used to to read before bed from first grade too my early 30s, and then lost the habit that I am trying to restablish. I guess I am just disappointed that someone who explicitly tells you he's citing "the studies" in the notes, doesn't seem to know what a study looks like.
Author here. Over the years, I've received many emails from my readers, and it's interesting to see the differences between which of them "read whenever they can" or on the go versus the ones who literally schedule some quiet, uninterrupted time in the early AM or afterwork PM. It's a *MARKETABLE* difference on which readers absorb and maintain the information properly and which get everything confused (or "remember" things which didn't happen).
@@21ruevictorhugo No. But since I'm here, ironically enough, I literally just received an email (~3 hours ago?) where a reader was confused about something in book 3 which I'd set up, reinforced, and built upon over books 1 and 2. Obviously, I don't have time to go into details, but it's yet another excellent example of where some people aren't reading for understanding and "absorption" of the concepts, character arcs, literary techniques, thematic underpinnings, etc. Instead, some folks may simply be hurrying the FUGG UP, rushing through, "scanning", etc. :) Retention of my storytelling varies with every reader, but I've been truly appreciative (and astonished!) by those who've taken due Time, and truly Reflected on my series. After all... Reflection is both key and lock. ;) Cheers!
I read every night at bedtime. It’s a ritual I can’t do without. I use an e-reader on night mode for two reasons. One, lighter to physically hold. Two, I have an eye condition which means I can barely see the print in a physical book unless I have all the lights on and a magnifying glass! Not conducive to sleep. With an e-reader I can change the size of the font to suit my vision.
What a beautiful video. I love reading and I definitely love reading before bed & after I wake up in the morning. I'm still in a fight with social media stuff. They f'ed up my life so bad that I can't do anything else than lose time on things I don't need. I'm in college, just finished the second year and I have one month before I have to retake some exams. Since I entered the vacation, I started studying hard because I need to take those exams to pass the year. I planned 8 hours of learning every day and 1 hour of working out and realized how easy it is to be better at what you do just by quitting social media and focusing on yourself. I just feel so stupid and now, for the first time in my life I actually think I'm worthy of something, my depression was fake, I can become a writer ( as I want to), I can pass those hard exams, I can get a girlfriend, I can build muscle, I can do whatever I want to do. Your channel has some awesome videos and I plan on listening to them in the morning while drinking my coffee. Keep it up, you're amazing!
The 'blue light' thing is a non-issue. All e-readers have the ability to reduce or eliminate all blue light, including the two most popular, Kindle, and Apple 'Books'. With a paper book, you have to have a light on. How much 'blue' is there in that? With incandescents now not even legal to sell and LEDs having an outrageously strong spike of blue in them, maybe an e-reader is the best choice. You have much more control over the light that way. Empathy? Of course. The best fiction authors spend the first pages of their books getting the reader to bond with their protagonist. The most powerful way to do this is to create empathy, and they have a number of ways of doing that.
I got glases blocking blue light and small warm lamp. I persinally prefer just touching the books and listing pages.... But it really comes down to each ones preference 😊
@@JeremyMcElhone You'll get no argument from me. Any light I have on after 10 is a red LED light, to completely keep from blocking melatonin production. My phone, iPad, and laptop are dimmed and go to 'NightShift' at 7. I sleep like a baby. Not that all light, or all LED light, is evil. What's important is knowing what colors do what (colors with blue light block melatonin, colors with no blue enhance it) at what times of day, and doing something about it, like you have done.
@@1PPPete Blue-blocking glasses are actually very important, as they can help you during the daytime by blocking HEV blue light, which was only discovered about a decade ago. HEV light is what leads to macular degeneration over time. Blue-blocking glasses help keep that from happening. You can also use them at night to take some of the blue out of your phone, laptop, TV, and whatever lights you are using. Highly recommended.
I’ve been reading in bed for decades. The only downside is I read lying on my back so if I dozed off the book fell on my face. I switched to reading ebooks on my phone and got a phone case that hooks onto my thumb so it falls to my side. Problem solved.😊
Also me reading War and Peace 😂 i think complex books are the best and really enjoyable, so i read what i like. Life is too short not to read what we like.
I started reading 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R. R. Martin, but I'm lazy when it comes to reading. I read only one chapter or three pages a day, so I'm not sure when I'll complete the book series. The first book has over 800 pages, and I'm currently on page 365. I need to read six more books to finish the series.
I’ve been reading the series for 4 years now (along with a lot of required reading) and I can tell a huge improvement in my focus and attention span, because the last book (2nd longest) is taking me the least amount of time (around 2 weeks and I’m almost finished).
Some of you might enjoy my own series. Perhaps, that is. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the Universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ -- Diamond Dragons (series)
Nicely done work. I am grateful for your encouragement to read….before bed makes great sense. You are absolutely right about physical books. Winston Churchill was a strong proponent of physical books, just holding them produces incredibly positive sensations!
You said.. as the day winds down, like a gust of air, not like it was meant to be said. There is not an Australian alive that says that word that way.. im intrigued. Is this AI, a voice language model, I think you call it. Great video BTW!
i had in premier skool that i read books every day i really enjoy it. But then there was a time when i grow up and my teacher told me that i can,t read books with images. And there was the brake that i go from every day 1 book to never reading a book. Sometimes by my study they force me to read a book. but i cannot use to read books with only letters. I don,t get the "imagination" when i see only words and pages. So if i read a book i simply can read 5 pages and then i feel irritating that i read for reading and not for getting a better feeling. if you have books that you really recomended i give it a try. But mostly adult books are not significant fun or nice to read. I have a feeling that kids book writer were next level then adult writers. But that can be my opinion.
I often read before bed but I always wonder that every time I do, it’s making me sleepy when I really need to focus on a book in the middle of the day, reinforcing the habit of reading for a few minutes and than going to sleep. That’s something to be concern about.
As a former student-lack of sleep and burn out are most often signs of poor time managament and procrastination. Just schedule some soothing activity at end of the day that helps you unwind and relax-stretching, listening to meditation music etc. But if you have anxious thoughts reading is great way to refocus on something positive rather than obses in your head thinking and coming up with a disaster scenarios.
I love reading physical books but at night I can't read with any lights on and the white pages are too bright (it keeps me too awake) so I read in my phone instead (in night mode) and that makes me sleep like a baby, also I read in my second language at night, I learned it just from reading fiction
What if you were read to in bed as a kid? What do you recommend? I can understand the benefits, but they're nowhere close to making me cross that hurdle.
How can reading before bed be a habit stretching back thousands of years when we've not even had accessible books and widespread literacy that long? Makes me question how much of this is just made up by chat GPT
I was hoping for some tips on how to read before bed without staying up half the night reading "one more chapter" but nope. (Clearly he has been reading very different romance novels than I have.)
Reading before bed is also the NUMBER ONE CAUSE of insomnia and other sleep issues as a child grows. And also falling asleep when the child is studying books. Lol! good luck
@@user-fc8dv8li3n Indeed. But have a heart for those middle age and above (childhood and upbringing WITHOUT devices) - plenty of whom suffer from insomnia.
anyone else obsessed with Unveiling Your Hiidden Potential by Bruce Thornwood
I am a musician. I play something challenging before bed, but it is done super slow and with precise technique. The non-rem phase will clean the practiced part even further. I can see development in my playing as early as next morning.
I love this and am going to pick up this habit myself, thank you. I'm doing this thing where once my head hits the pillow, rather than listening to music, I sing my lyrics over and over again and picture me singing them, the way my mouth moves and the way my throat feels hitting certain notes. I have a LOT of trouble remember lyrics. It's working really well. Your nightly guitar routine is really innaresting and am certainly gonna give that a whirl with some of the more tricky bits in my tunes.
As a writer, I write at different parts of the day. But I believe that writing for an hour or two right before bed is a very good and important thing, bc your unconscious mind, liberated from the constraints of your conscious mind once 'it' falls asleep, keeps working on that. It's got its little 'editor' hat on, and might whisper a suggestion to make it better as you are waking up. If you were only to write in the morning, that likely would not happen.
@@tomlewis4748 I resonate! :) As an author of ~600,000 words (along with 350+ non-A.I. illustrations which I crafted for my series), there is literally TONS to be said regarding the various wavelengths of the brain during different states of activity and/or hours of the day or night. To be clear, I'm talking about more than merely one form of consciousness, and considering the science of alpha, beta, theta, etc. waves. Reflection is key. :) Cheers!
What a fantastic habit. 👏
I'm going to read while in bed before sleeping now. Thank you for this video.
Reading is huge for making me fall asleep. And if I lie on my side, it's even faster. I use a Kindle with warm light and read in darkness.
A book is better and healthier ❤
@@genetterichard9934it’s really not
I do this too. But if you have bad eyesight like me, try not to read sideways.
If I read before bed I don't go to bed🥰
Especially when it's a suspense story 😅
A really good book will keep me up all night lol
wh😮t
Sometimes when I'm reading way later at night than I should be, I still hear a noise and assume it's my parents coming to yell at me to go to bed (I'm 27 now)
Read the bible you sleep faster than u think
I read for 1 hour in the morning and for 30 minutes at night 6 days a week and I like it a lot.
I am somewhat disappointed. I got all excited thinking "great, a RUclipsr who actually cites studies", but when I check "the sources", they are three opinion pieces, the kind that also tell you "studies say..." without telling you which studies. The other file, "Researches" does link to peer review academic journals that could conceivably contain relevant papers, but no actual study is cited.
I am not disagreeing with the premise. I used to to read before bed from first grade too my early 30s, and then lost the habit that I am trying to restablish.
I guess I am just disappointed that someone who explicitly tells you he's citing "the studies" in the notes, doesn't seem to know what a study looks like.
nobody asked David
@@knad7365nobody needs to knad
Excellent points, David.
Very interesting, David
@@knad7365 I asked
Author here. Over the years, I've received many emails from my readers, and it's interesting to see the differences between which of them "read whenever they can" or on the go versus the ones who literally schedule some quiet, uninterrupted time in the early AM or afterwork PM. It's a *MARKETABLE* difference on which readers absorb and maintain the information properly and which get everything confused (or "remember" things which didn't happen).
Marketable? Did you mean to write remarkable?
@@21ruevictorhugo No. But since I'm here, ironically enough, I literally just received an email (~3 hours ago?) where a reader was confused about something in book 3 which I'd set up, reinforced, and built upon over books 1 and 2. Obviously, I don't have time to go into details, but it's yet another excellent example of where some people aren't reading for understanding and "absorption" of the concepts, character arcs, literary techniques, thematic underpinnings, etc. Instead, some folks may simply be hurrying the FUGG UP, rushing through, "scanning", etc. :)
Retention of my storytelling varies with every reader, but I've been truly appreciative (and astonished!) by those who've taken due Time, and truly Reflected on my series. After all... Reflection is both key and lock. ;) Cheers!
I read every night at bedtime. It’s a ritual I can’t do without. I use an e-reader on night mode for two reasons. One, lighter to physically hold. Two, I have an eye condition which means I can barely see the print in a physical book unless I have all the lights on and a magnifying glass! Not conducive to sleep. With an e-reader I can change the size of the font to suit my vision.
What a beautiful video. I love reading and I definitely love reading before bed & after I wake up in the morning. I'm still in a fight with social media stuff. They f'ed up my life so bad that I can't do anything else than lose time on things I don't need. I'm in college, just finished the second year and I have one month before I have to retake some exams. Since I entered the vacation, I started studying hard because I need to take those exams to pass the year. I planned 8 hours of learning every day and 1 hour of working out and realized how easy it is to be better at what you do just by quitting social media and focusing on yourself. I just feel so stupid and now, for the first time in my life I actually think I'm worthy of something, my depression was fake, I can become a writer ( as I want to), I can pass those hard exams, I can get a girlfriend, I can build muscle, I can do whatever I want to do. Your channel has some awesome videos and I plan on listening to them in the morning while drinking my coffee. Keep it up, you're amazing!
Thanks ❤️
inspirational. keep it up, u (we) got this!
@@F4S1-flc 💪
The 'blue light' thing is a non-issue. All e-readers have the ability to reduce or eliminate all blue light, including the two most popular, Kindle, and Apple 'Books'. With a paper book, you have to have a light on. How much 'blue' is there in that? With incandescents now not even legal to sell and LEDs having an outrageously strong spike of blue in them, maybe an e-reader is the best choice. You have much more control over the light that way.
Empathy? Of course. The best fiction authors spend the first pages of their books getting the reader to bond with their protagonist. The most powerful way to do this is to create empathy, and they have a number of ways of doing that.
wait LED got blue lights?
Not all of them. Some can emit red light.
I got a little reading light attachment that has a dim orange glow for reading paper books at night.
I got glases blocking blue light and small warm lamp. I persinally prefer just touching the books and listing pages.... But it really comes down to each ones preference 😊
@@JeremyMcElhone You'll get no argument from me. Any light I have on after 10 is a red LED light, to completely keep from blocking melatonin production. My phone, iPad, and laptop are dimmed and go to 'NightShift' at 7. I sleep like a baby.
Not that all light, or all LED light, is evil. What's important is knowing what colors do what (colors with blue light block melatonin, colors with no blue enhance it) at what times of day, and doing something about it, like you have done.
@@1PPPete Blue-blocking glasses are actually very important, as they can help you during the daytime by blocking HEV blue light, which was only discovered about a decade ago. HEV light is what leads to macular degeneration over time. Blue-blocking glasses help keep that from happening.
You can also use them at night to take some of the blue out of your phone, laptop, TV, and whatever lights you are using. Highly recommended.
Love the sketches, thanks for the research. Always read at bedtime, a cosy time.
Of course always read to the kids at bedtime.
Great video
I’ve been reading in bed for decades. The only downside is I read lying on my back so if I dozed off the book fell on my face. I switched to reading ebooks on my phone and got a phone case that hooks onto my thumb so it falls to my side. Problem solved.😊
I appreciate your advice and time you spent on resaerching.
Thanking you.
seems like an AI video to me😂
Sleep ❤️🩹😴
Depends on what you read. I remember reading horror stories by Stephen King as a teenager and not being able to fall asleep.
Don't read complex books. Me reading my new favorite book Crime and Punishment.
Also me reading War and Peace 😂 i think complex books are the best and really enjoyable, so i read what i like. Life is too short not to read what we like.
@@matheosfun4388 very well said.
@@balasaashti3146 single sentence making up the whole page😂
crime and punishment not hard at all
@@cyacyi779 Never say hard. I said complex. Making you think a lot and ponder on the subject matter.
How much of this video is generated by AI
I was thinking the same
23. Give or take.
Yes
69!
I started reading 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R. R. Martin, but I'm lazy when it comes to reading. I read only one chapter or three pages a day, so I'm not sure when I'll complete the book series. The first book has over 800 pages, and I'm currently on page 365. I need to read six more books to finish the series.
I’ve been reading the series for 4 years now (along with a lot of required reading) and I can tell a huge improvement in my focus and attention span, because the last book (2nd longest) is taking me the least amount of time (around 2 weeks and I’m almost finished).
Definitely a good pick, I’m about to finish the last book of the series
Maybe by the time you are done he will actually have the next book out, but I wouldn’t count on it.
Can't stand long books
Some of you might enjoy my own series. Perhaps, that is.
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the Universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again."
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
-- Diamond Dragons (series)
It is a good habit, and I will try it.
Nicely done work. I am grateful for your encouragement to read….before bed makes great sense. You are absolutely right about physical books. Winston Churchill was a strong proponent of physical books, just holding them produces incredibly positive sensations!
"Spanning thousands of years" Gutenburg would like a word
How do you choose the right books?
I like how it's so specific what you can read to get the benefits. I only read thrillers/mystery/horror, and I read on my Kindle, so I'm f-ed. lolol
Does kindle or ebooks count. I mostly read from my phone
Weird question, but what font is that? I really love it haha✍️
You said.. as the day winds down, like a gust of air, not like it was meant to be said. There is not an Australian alive that says that word that way.. im intrigued. Is this AI, a voice language model, I think you call it. Great video BTW!
i had in premier skool that i read books every day i really enjoy it.
But then there was a time when i grow up and my teacher told me that i can,t read books with images.
And there was the brake that i go from every day 1 book to never reading a book.
Sometimes by my study they force me to read a book. but i cannot use to read books with only letters.
I don,t get the "imagination" when i see only words and pages.
So if i read a book i simply can read 5 pages and then i feel irritating that i read for reading and not for getting a better feeling.
if you have books that you really recomended i give it a try.
But mostly adult books are not significant fun or nice to read.
I have a feeling that kids book writer were next level then adult writers.
But that can be my opinion.
I often read before bed but I always wonder that every time I do, it’s making me sleepy when I really need to focus on a book in the middle of the day, reinforcing the habit of reading for a few minutes and than going to sleep. That’s something to be concern about.
Have macular degeneration and have to use an E reader. But I really miss books/
Thank you for the advice.
My pleasure 😊
Reading a good wakes up my brain. Computer programming books confuse me and make me feel dizzy. I know what kind of book to read before bed.
who’s reading Sophie kinsella? 🎉
Any advice on how this works for burnt-out college students who barely get any sleep due to their workload?
As a former student-lack of sleep and burn out are most often signs of poor time managament and procrastination.
Just schedule some soothing activity at end of the day that helps you unwind and relax-stretching, listening to meditation music etc.
But if you have anxious thoughts reading is great way to refocus on something positive rather than obses in your head thinking and coming up with a disaster scenarios.
2:05 .... Fine, I'm reading for 6 minutes and 5 seconds to reduce my stress to 69% 🥰🥳 (I actually did the math)
impressive
Great info!
Love it!!
I really need to read 📖
I love reading physical books but at night I can't read with any lights on and the white pages are too bright (it keeps me too awake) so I read in my phone instead (in night mode) and that makes me sleep like a baby, also I read in my second language at night, I learned it just from reading fiction
Wow i didn't knew anything of this!!!!
Works for me❤❤❤
It’s finding a good book 😕 So many unsettling things in many books, with little or no warning. Can quite ruin bedtime 😞
Thanks
Should i go for blue light filter and read through phone?
I use my phone in bedtime mode
What if you were read to in bed as a kid? What do you recommend? I can understand the benefits, but they're nowhere close to making me cross that hurdle.
Me: reading all the comments while listening to the video... guess it counts 😅
How can reading before bed be a habit stretching back thousands of years when we've not even had accessible books and widespread literacy that long? Makes me question how much of this is just made up by chat GPT
I like the topic overall, but the narration is too mechanical and robotic. Stating the title of each subsection is very distracting.
thankyou
God bless❤
@lexlex5555 Hi lex,
The best approach is to develop study & revision plans & stick to them. The structure avoids the unpleasant workloads👍
I was hoping for some tips on how to read before bed without staying up half the night reading "one more chapter" but nope. (Clearly he has been reading very different romance novels than I have.)
Reading is ok and all, but have you tried watching nature documentaries
What if I read ebooks??
Try to use something to avoid the blue light of your phone so you don't have problem sleeping
Or something like dark mode that's what I do
@@Pianoismylife189 Kobo, your issue id fixed
I use kindle paperwhite, does that work?
Can we read notes written in copy
very nice sam
I'm going to read on my phone before bed. 😆
Doesnt reading activate your brain?
i watch this video in bed before sleep
Most are watching before sleep🤝😂?
Having an ereader helps me read before bed regularly.
Audiobooks?
He said earlier “physical books.”
Here I am watching a video before bed
All I'd be reading is comments lol
What if i end up reading horror in bed?
I stopped reading in bed because I would spend the night reading instead of sleeping...
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Read heavy stuff you will fall sleep faster
Eink e-readers don't emit blue light
I read Quran before bed
Nice! We are both Muslims then
Does that count as scrolling?
Alhamdulillah ❤
Kose kharet
The best book ever written ❤
And then it says, books read before bed, but pronounced like reed.. it just sounds like a real person is reading this. It's uncanny
Yeha It helps you quickly go to sleep 😂
Reading before bed is also the NUMBER ONE CAUSE of insomnia and other sleep issues as a child grows. And also falling asleep when the child is studying books. Lol! good luck
No its not as bad as electronic devices because of the blue light, reading wouldn’t affect them compared to that
@@user-fc8dv8li3n Indeed. But have a heart for those middle age and above (childhood and upbringing WITHOUT devices) - plenty of whom suffer from insomnia.
If only my eyes weren’t so bad
Are we talking about fiction here? Because non-fiction doesn't really wind down your mind...
Nice 💯👍
Experience kobo libra 2 Audio books and e-reading. 📚🌳🌍