[Linkpost] “Sleep puzzle system” by KatjaGrace

LessWrong (30+ Karma) · Oct 14, 2026 · 1m

This is a link post.

Here's an obscure life hack.

If (like me) you:

Don’t like going to bed, due to it conflicting with keeping on doing things

When in bed, wish you had something more engaging and enjoyable to do instead of just lying there waiting—for instance, playing a very compelling computer game until you get tired

Do not in fact reliably get tired from playing a very compelling computer game

Like puzzles

..then a solution that has worked surprisingly well for me before (and I wrote about previously) is having hard math puzzles handy to think about as I go to sleep. Somehow thinking…