Sadie James

For text work I lean toward office oriented IPS monitors over gaming models in this price range but then... the office ones usually have lighter matte coatings, better default sharpness, and height adjustable stands with VESA, which all help with eye comfort but then gaming parts can be great for motion but sometimes ship with aggressive edge enhancement or overshoot that adds halos around glyphs. When shopping, scan reviews for macro photos of the subpixel layout and comments on text clarity. If you cannot find that, buy from a place with painless returns and test immediately with a one pixel grid pattern and your editor at typical font sizes. You are looking for clean verticals with no colored ticks on the sides. Simple but effective.

Pick a wake time and protect it for 10 days straight. Set two alarms: one to start winding down, one to wake. Move bedtime earlier by 15–30 minutes every night until you're landing near 7–9 hours. No naps after early afternoon. Get bright light in your eyes within 15 minutes of waking and none bright an hour before bed. Eat breakfast soon after waking; keep dinner earlier and lighter. Caffeine ends 8–10 hours before your target bedtime. Keep the room cool, dark, and boring. If you can't sleep in 20–30 minutes, get up, read something dull, try again.