Can’t sleep? Bedtime delay

All the distractions in our digitally connected world are designed to keep
us glued to the screen for a little longer. It might be challenging to take
time for ourselves amidst our daily stresses and demands. Should it be a
shock that many of us put off going to bed?

Almost twenty years ago, a group of European academics invented the phrase
“bedtime procrastination” to characterise someone who goes to bed later
than anticipated while being aware of the adverse effects of doing so.
Adults who delayed going to bed by a long margin reported feeling more
tired and getting less sleep than those who did not procrastinate as much
about going to bed.