2 min readWhy counting sheep stayed with us
A small cultural history of the world’s most famous bedtime task.
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Field notes
On stories, quiet tasks,
and not needing the screen.
Useful context without medical promises, urgency, or a bedtime routine to optimize.
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1 min readWhat is a cognitive shuffle?
A plain-language guide to picturing unrelated things before sleep.
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1 min readThe pleasant usefulness of repetition
Why some of the best bedtime activities are almost boring, but not quite.
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1 min readA short history of bedtime stories
From fireside telling to the book on the bedside table.
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1 min readWhy night trains feel like stories
A few thoughts on compartments, dark windows, and being carried somewhere slowly.
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1 min readWhat to imagine when you want less screen
Six kinds of thoughts that can continue after the phone is down.
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1 min readThe art of an unfinished ending
Why these stories grow quieter instead of resolving everything.
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1 min readMaking a darker reading place
How the site’s dimmer, typography, and motion choices work together.
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