Website

Sleep Reset Checklist

A compact checklist for morning light, caffeine timing, evening shutdown, and bedtime consistency during a sleep reset.

Topic: SleepFeaturing Matthew WalkerPublished March 19, 2026

Use this as a practical reset checklist, not as a moral scoreboard.

  • Get outside or into bright light soon after waking.
  • Set a caffeine cutoff and stop renegotiating it.
  • Reduce late-evening stimulation instead of chasing one more productive hour.
  • Use a short shutdown routine to close loops.
  • Keep wake time more stable than bedtime when possible.