Setting myself a cutoff for reading at 11pm, no matter the page, and giving it 2 weeks before I decide if it’s doing anything. The last few weeks I’ve been going to bed way past midnight most nights, reading for class, telling myself just one more section… and then the alarm for the bookstore shift comes way too early. I noticed it on the trail more than anywhere else, legs felt heavier than they should have for a route I’ve done a dozen times, and I don’t think that’s really about the hiking at all. So the rule is simple, whatever page I’m on at 11, I stop, even mid-sentence, even if I’m annoyed about it (I will be). No app, just a sticky note on the lamp so I actually see it. First night was rough, kept rereading the same paragraph for notes I’ll barely need, but shut the book anyway. We’ll see how the hiking group goes this weekend with an extra hour of sleep behind me.
