How to capture thoughts while falling asleep?

[cwoodgold]

Hello! I would like some Application advice. I have been using Google Tasks for my task list and it has been functional but I am sure there is a better solution. It doesn't need to handle projects, nested hierarchies, due dates, priorities or calendar integration. What I do need more than anything is an autosyncing Android application with a nice scrollable widget (currently using Gtask as my phone app). If it is an application, it needs to be Windows, if it is browser based, it needs to be able to work in Chrome. That is about it, thanks!

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[Almost Done]

I am with the sheep on this one. Sleep is the priority, not ideas.
The lack of sleep is a bigger problem than people realize.

If I could wave a magic wand over the country, one thing I would do is put a force field around the bedroom. The bed is for 2 things. Two things. That is it. The force field would keep Kindles, iPhones, iPads, iCan'tSleep, tvs, DVDs, DVRs, PCs...only Zzzzzz allowed. What would happen?

First, better sex, more sex. Fewer car accidents because people could concentrate on the road instead of covering their yawns. Less dips in the afternoon.

Remember, David's system is there so you can be at your best all the time. He says it himself, "That includes taking the best nap."

Go to bed. Ditch the electronics, ditch the paper, the flashlight and the notepad.
Good night.

[cwoodgold]

Go to bed. Ditch the electronics, ditch the paper, the flashlight and the notepad.

I agree that sleep is a high priority. However, do people actually sleep better if they don't have a pad of paper next to their bed? I can see it working either way. People might sleep better if they write something down rather than lying there trying to memorize it or not being able to stop worrying about what would happen if they just forget about it. Or, people might sleep better if they get in the habit of not expecting a pad of paper to be handy. I'm assuming for now that it's better for me to have a pad of paper handy. This may be something that each individual needs to work out for themselves.

I'm not convinced that it's worthwhile to use bed for only 2 things. (Why those specific 2 things?) I don't remember seeing evidence or good arguments for this. Any reason not to use bed for meditation? Stretching exercises?
Listening to relaxing music? Any actual evidence that reading in bed disturbs sleep more than reading somewhere else before going to bed?

I heard that it's not a good idea to check one's email in the last few hours before going to sleep. This makes sense to me. Part of it may be the brightness of the computer screen, which tends to signal the body that it's daytime. That can be modulated by adjusting the colours. But part of it is that you lie there thinking about what you're going to say in response to some of those emails. It's stimulating, in a way that reading a book isn't.