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I like the idea in theory but I always use my phone to actually fall asleep by listening to some monotonous audio. Before doing this I had extremely hard time falling asleep.

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That sounds great if it works for you. Obviously don't change your habits if they're not problematic!

For me before I made the change the last thing I'd do at night was look at my phone, the first thing I'd do in the morning was look at my phone, and if I woke in the night I'd look at my phone. Bed is now a mentally distinct place for me, which helps my sleep a lot.

One option if you really want to sleep in a separate room from your phone is to get a dedicated audio player for your bedroom. Depending on the features you need (Bluetooth, streaming support from Spotify, etc.) you can get one for around $70 to $300. You could also get a Raspberry Pi and automate playing your monotonous audio at your bedtime each night. That would be cheap and a neat quarantine project.

This can help. I use my old phone that I otherwise use for dev. It does not have games and social networks on it so it's harder to just spend time on something.

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