Can’t speak for the OP but in my case, reading is what I do to unwind before sleep. If I let myself work on hobbies or projects until I want to sleep I’ll either be up until 5am doing “one more thing” or won’t be able to sleep because my brain is still working. I need to stop all “thinking” activities at least an hour before I want to sleep. So I read in that space. The caveat to this (because I can also read until 5am if I’m engrossed) is the moment I notice I’m feeling sleepy or I’ve had to go back and re-read a page because I drifted mentally, then it’s time to shut the reader and go to sleep. If I try to power through to finish the chapter, I’m too likely to have caught a second wind and be up all night.
