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Sleep environment audit

Walk your bedroom with this worksheet in hand. Rate the eight environmental factors that determine sleep quality, pick the one with the worst score, and change it this week.

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When to use this

Before you spend money on sleep supplements or wearables.
When you wake at the same time each night and the wakings feel environmental, not anxious.
After moving, redecorating, or installing new tech in the bedroom.

How to complete it

Walk into the room at the time you usually sleep — not midday. Light, sound, and temperature look different at 11pm.
Use objective tests where possible: a phone decibel reader, a thermometer, your own eyes covered for 60 seconds.
Fix the largest single offender this week. Don't try to perfect five things at once.

Common mistakes

Optimising the bedroom for the daytime version of the room rather than the night version.
Treating blackout as the only light fix and ignoring small LEDs from chargers and standby devices.
Ignoring partner-misalignment friction (different temperatures, different schedules) as an environment problem.

Sleep environment audit

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Score each factor 1-5. 1 = consistently breaks your sleep; 5 = consistently helps. Walk the bedroom while filling it in.

Factor	Score	Notes
Bedroom temperature Most adults sleep best in a cool room (around 16-19°C / 60-67°F).
Light leakage Streetlights through curtains, standby LEDs, clock displays. Lower is better.
Noise floor Persistent noise (traffic, neighbours, partner). Earplugs / white noise help.
Mattress and pillow Old, sagging, or wrong firmness — biggest single discomfort lever.
Bedding breathability Synthetic vs natural fibres; layered so you can adjust through the night.
Air quality Humidity, ventilation, pets in room, indoor plants, dust.
Screens within reach Phone on bedside table = doomscroll within reach when you can't sleep.
Use of bed for non-sleep Working / eating / arguing in bed weakens the ‘bed = sleep’ cue.

Lowest-scoring factor

One change you'll make this week

Review date (1 week from today)