staff@slashgear.com (Jam Kotenko)
2024-04-09 10:45:50
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If you’re the type of person who likes to document the day’s highs and lows, you may want to try out using the iPhone Journal app. You can set it up to remind you to write something close to bedtime so it becomes a habit:
- Launch the Settings app.
- Go to Journal.
- Tap Journaling Schedule.
- Enable the Schedule toggle.
- Pick a time you’re most likely to write up your day roundup, ideally when you’re in bed but still awake.
- Select the days you’d like the reminder to be sent.
For those who can’t sleep without the assistance of white noise, you can use your iPhone as a sound machine. To have it automatically turn on for bedtime, do the following:
- Launch the Shortcuts app.
- Tap Automation.
- Hit New Automation.
- Go to Sleep.
- Select Wind Down Begins and Run Immediately, then hit Next.
- Tap New Blank Automation, then hit Add Action.
- Search “background sounds” and select Set Background Sounds.
- Make sure the action says “Turn On” and then hit Done.
- Tap the “+” icon and select Sleep again.
- Select Waking Up and Run Immediately, then hit Next.
- Repeat Steps 6 and 7.
- This time, tap On to switch it to Off and then hit Done.
If you’d like to set the background sound you hear at bedtime, launch the Settings app, go to Accessibility, and select Audio & Visual. Then, go to Background Sounds, hit Sound, and make your selection.
Finally, if you prefer playing music or listening to an audiobook to lull yourself to sleep, ensure that you set up a playback timer via the iPhone Clock app that’ll automatically stop the audio from whatever app you’re using by selecting “Stop Playing” for the “When Timer Ends” option.