How to Fall Asleep Faster: 10 Things That Actually Help
No supplements, no expensive gadgets. Ten boring, proven adjustments that shorten the time it takes to drift off.
The boring stuff that still matters
Caffeine has a longer tail than people think: half of it can still be in your system six hours later. If you fall asleep slowly, move your last coffee to before 2 p.m. for a week and compare.
Alcohol famously makes you drowsy but fragments the second half of the night. Less is genuinely better here, especially on weeknights.
Finally, the rule sleep clinics repeat: if you've been awake in bed for roughly twenty minutes, get up and do something dull in low light until sleepy. Beds should mean sleep, not wrestling with wakefulness. It feels counterproductive and works remarkably well over a couple of weeks.
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