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What is your nighttime routine?
Phyrephly28-Nov-21
Some people have a nightly before-bed ritual. Shower/bath, teeth, hair in rollers (am I showing my age, with that one?). herbal tea, or all or none of the above. I like to have a chamomile tea, a small slice of cheese and a few crackers, maybe a bit of fruit, if I'm feeling energetic - not usual - brush my teeth and occasionally clean my face with a cleanser wipe, say my prayers then hit the hay, usually between 10.00 and 11.00pm. What is your nightly routine?
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  • Peter T 100083
    I feel for those of you who have health problems.NOT fair at all!
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    • Kristina
      I don't really have a routine. But in bed by 10 p.m., not sleeping though.
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      • BLACK LIVES MATTER
        None - the pandemic is getting to me!
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        • Phyrephly
          chin up Uncle Walter! You're better than this little (Co-vid) bugger! Know things seem a little hay-wire in the US right now, but just follow along with what you deem to be sensible advice - what ever that might be - and don't do anything toooooo risky, or risque ;P.
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      • Sabine V
        l finish playing games or surveys on Rewardia, take my meds and wait for them to kick-in, brush my teeth and do my exercises of my arthritis, say my prayers then try to sleep for a couple of hours to wake up in pain, walk around a bit until things settle and go back to bed to go thru it all again until day light.
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        • Michelle S 553303
          Feed cats, take tablets which seems to be rather common with respect to other Rewardia survey takers, and then wash face and put on multilayer beauty routine, collect hot water bottles and wheat pack to cover my back and shoulders with heat to stop back pain preventing me sleeping, get mobile phone, hop into bed and start doing surveys, if there are any, otherwise watch something on Netflix or Stan and hopefully end up in the land of nod before my hot water bottles need to be reheated, which is the normal. Some nights go on and on until morning due to many years doing night shift.
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          • sherrynne c
            take meds ,go toilet then to bed .
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            • APB
              I put on my Spider man costume....climb up a tall building and just wait for the bad guys to cause trouble
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              • Phyrephly
                same! Tho' I don a narky ninja costume. Lol
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            • Kim N 285099
              shower, rewardia , sleep
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              • Amber 22
                Hot coco pills bush teeth showering if can maybe a night cap pat the cat say prays with son hope for a good day to morrow
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                • Doina A
                  playing with Mozart, our dog, for a 30-40 mins, asking him to bring his numerous by their shape (pork, chicken, lamb, ball, bone, etc) just to keep his memory sharp, and around 9 pm, watching a movie or a documentary or real stories on Netflix, with my dear husband and 1 or 2 glasses of red
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                  • Kathy W 124246
                    Read cuppa- teeth brushed n flossed Face routine etc Exercise stretches Listen to music
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                    • Catalina
                      Dinner for my doggy and myself. Shower, chamomile tea, meds, say thanks to my god, asking to take care my loved ones, my friends, known and unknown people, my dog,myself, the whole world...then I sing a lullaby to my dog, read...I must be asleep by 9 pm as I always wake up during the night, go back to sleep a couple of hours, then finally very early rising. Before the sun. Thanks for sharing your routine.
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                      • Leslie E 111465
                        Go to bed. Go to sleep.
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                        • mary c
                          After feeding rabbits and doggie and stray cat their suppers, into bed with cup tea and crackers for me and doggie. Laptop on- rewardia puzzles and surveys and getting screened out haha and tv on in background..sometimes tvnz ondemand- devices not turned off til midnight then can't get up in morning!!
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                          • Caroline B 573389
                            TV and a cup of herbal tea.
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                            • Larry S 382961
                              I have sleep apnea so it is the same for me. Shower at 7.30. Get wife from work at 9/ 8.30( weekends) and bed when home. I take my grandson to school at 8.40am and his dad brings sister here for me to mind all day. So it’s full on with her and after school it’s double until father gets both. So it’s a full time job being a granddad or daddylo ( Filipino for granddad).
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                              • mary c
                                Go you daddylo :) my husband is in Care and looked after by the best Filipino girls in the world ..they are teaching me Maligayan Pasko xx
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                              • Larry S 382961mary c
                                Filipino girls make great nurses. I have been in overnight surgery and had them treat me. Very gentle and great to have them. They come here to get trained and then go home to continue their work. I don’t speak Filipino as too hard to get started. I know a couple of words. I have a large family now in the Philippines (Cebu) 4 sisters in law,16 nephews and nieces plus they have kids. One is very smart and does good at school. Thanks to Covid our plans are wrecked for a visit. Philippines are in bad way with it. Home schooling on mobile or laptop. Not sure about the transport situation. I know at one stage all stores were closed and only way to get food was to walk. The prospects are not clear as to what is the future.
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                              • Larry S 382961mary c
                                Merry Christmas to you as well. Or should I say Maligayan Pasko. I had to get a interpreter for it
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                              • mary cLarry S 382961
                                you are right- i worry for the girls and how their families are doing back in the Phillippines. So hard for everyone.All the best :)
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                            • Claude H
                              Have a meal. Drop off to sleep watching TV and then can't sleep when I get to bed
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                              • Asesh S
                                Brush my teeth, shower and in bed. Don't have to worry about my hair as I hardly have any left.
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                                • Heather B 573246
                                  Change into PJ’s, wash face, brush teeth. Go snd pat doggie. Wash hands bed time c
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                                  • Julie K 348980
                                    How fascinating that people are willing to share their personal minutiae.
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                                    • Carol S 657195
                                      I am alone and have depression and anxiety and no family. I do what I want when I want, but that doesn't fit into society. I might go to bed at 10 p.m. or 5 a.m. and sleep most of the day. I try to get my meds on time and eat once in a while. I hate routines. They were not made for me, but my counselors have been fighting me for years to get into a routine. If I'm happy, the world will have to adjust to MY schedule!
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                                      • mary c
                                        yes i hear you. Have anxiety and up n down with depression depending on things. My worst worst time of day is when i wake up. No motivation to move- only the dog gets me to get up as she needs food and toilet. Without her i would prob not move. More energy at night- make plans for the next day then next morn comes and i can't do them. So they have to be done at night..though watching stuff on devices and doing rewardia is my escapism.
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                                      • Peter T 100083
                                        Carol not fair is it! And if your happy then Good!
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                                      • Phyrephlymary c
                                        same, sometimes. I talk things through with myself. If you live alone (as I do), you can actually do this. I find it often helps me to 'hear' my thoughts out loud. Who's gonna complain? If someone does complain, that you talk out loud when you're alone, then you may have a problem ;P
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                                    • Greg B 520364
                                      I will probably have another beer then go to bed about 10.30
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                                      • Christina C 466456
                                        Brush teeth, shower, wash and change baby, jump in the jammies then hit the hay.
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                                        • Cory C
                                          i always have a shower, clean the kitchen, brush my teeth and then sit down on my bed with my laptop. i don't have a specific time i go to bed. i'm pretty much nocturnal
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                                          • Mary M 329762
                                            Drink green tea half a hours before bed. Its sad i never can sleep at night.
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                                            • Phyrephly
                                              try chamomile tea instead of green tea before bed - or better yet, valerian root tea. Check with doctor if you are on any type of daily medications, just in case. But chamomile and valerian root are pretty mild.
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                                            • Elizabeth J 447888
                                              Magnesium powder send me straight off to sleep. I only take it if I have had a few bad nights. I think it is really worth a try.
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                                          • Jenny L 591463
                                            We have showers and are ready for bed and while watching TV we have our beers with nibbles (nuts, rice crackers, chips etc) and Salads with cheese and tomato then we have dinner and have a few glasses of wine. Once that has started to go down we then have coffee, hubby has tea and we have some sweet biscuits, chocolates (Malteses, choc almonds and violet crumbles.) Then we brush our teeth, toilet in the ads of course and we are finally ready to go to sleep Hubby asleep before me so I'll be watching TV until about 10.30-11pm and if nothing on TV I'll read for half hour some times. I generally fall asleep while the TV is on and I then turn it off and can't get back to sleep. I some times put the timer on if I think I am going to fall asleep. Oh and we feed the cat before we go to sleep and then at around 1 am and then 3 am. She is in and out quite a few times a night and we open the door for her. She is a sleep wrecker for sure but we love her and she is a great cat usually she can be naughty some times.
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                                            • Dada WA
                                              I have no routine. Depending whether its been a strenuous day I go to bed between 7:30 and about 10.
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                                              • Joe B 288252
                                                Water, toilet, teeth, then a short read until the brain shuts down ….lol
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                                                • Brietta 617888
                                                  Reading a bit, than falling asleep
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                                                  • Sonya F 68771
                                                    Watch TV brush my teeth watch more TV and go to bed between 9.30-10
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                                                    • Stephen F 84899
                                                      Watch TV or sometimes read. take the pills & nod off
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                                                      • dale k 247571
                                                        watch tv or recorded programs until midnight or so, then take pills and wash etc, then into bed with my tablet to play games/ or read until I am tired, turn light off anywhere from 1am to 3am.
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                                                        • Joy L 68767
                                                          clean teeth, kiss hubby, hand cream and anti snore spray then sleep
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                                                          • Kat 493553
                                                            Toilet, bathroom, pills, book. & sleep.
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                                                            • robin and princess cierra 6
                                                              a nice hot shower a real good action movie hot coffe and a slice cheesse cake. then brush my teeth after movie go to bed and snuggle down with my little esa.
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                                                              • Ann H 652541
                                                                i take a bath wash the clothes and then i sat and do surveys and then i put them up and i think of a cloud a soft fluffy cloud so soft you can sink right down into it and the night sky full of stars and the wind blows softly and i go to sleep and not another thought till the next day when i wake up.
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                                                                • JANN R
                                                                  I normally watch the news have a drink go to bed and read my book and turn the light off at about 9.30
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                                                                  • Chosen
                                                                    I go to sleep.
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                                                                    • Sheree T
                                                                      Prior to bed I have had a shower and been on rewardia playing games, very seldom watch TV, take my medication which is mostly vitamins. Pick up my little dog who is my fur baby and she sleeps at the end of our bed.
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                                                                      • Frank N
                                                                        I take Go Magnesium Sleep around 60 minutes before going to bed, then relax in a chair for half an hour before walking around 1000 steps, then relax in a chair again - reading usually
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                                                                        • Rosemary W 510393
                                                                          I play with my dog after dinner while watching TV. At 8PM I brush my teeth, smother my face and neck with anti age cream. watch more TV until sleep time then kiss my dog goodnight and we both go to sleep while my husband is asleep in the lounge room.
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                                                                          • The dog house
                                                                            Brush my teeth. Slip in bed in winter with the electric blanket on. Read for half an hour or more till I feel sleepy and then hopefully I fall a sleep.
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                                                                            • Grommie
                                                                              can't get Grommie's hair in rollers
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                                                                              • kristian s 513441
                                                                                I don't have a nighttime routine or bed ritual before I go to bed.
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                                                                                • Josephina
                                                                                  Me neither, but I should prolly start one! :-)
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                                                                              • Maria B 89860
                                                                                I too like my chamomile tea, though the teabag ones lack the full flavour. Have you tried parsley tea or dried dill in black tea, taste a bit like liquorice. The dill stays at the bottom of the cup. If I've had a catnap during the day then tend to go to bed later so do surveys til "I drop". Like to get the teeth brushing etc done when finished snacking so can just nod of when the body tells me to put it to bed.
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                                                                                • Tavi
                                                                                  I just wish I could go to bed not later than 11.00, but I can't, so resort to playing Rewardia for most of the night...
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                                                                                  • Rhonda D 522615
                                                                                    I brush my teeth and use the bathroom. I get into bed, around 10:30 pm. Watch late night tv until around midnight and then go to sleep.
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                                                                                    • Linda C
                                                                                      Mine is very fluid. Sometimes I go to bed just after midnight and other times I walk the house till after Dawn or later. No routine to speak of therefore.
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                                                                                      • Matt Black.
                                                                                        I go to sleep.
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