Finicky Sleeper

[coyoteclaw11]

questionoftheday asks: Do you sleep in silence, or do you have to have background noise? Is there a reason for this? How about light? Does it have to be pitch black, or do you need at least a sliver of light to sleep?

My answer: Sound-wise, I can't sleep without ambient sound. A floor fan is my favorite (which I keep running even in winter >.>;) but things like AC/Heater or even say a spotify playlist emulating those things will work fine. Finding a good digital fan sound is tough though... So many of them sound like straight up static instead of the humm-whoosh that fans sound like irl.

I prefer to sleep in absolute darkness. Even things like the charging light of my phone have to be covered for me to sleep comfortably. However, I've been sharing a room with my mom for the past couple months, and she always stays up way too late on her too bright laptop :/ I know she hates having the fan on tho so I try not to complain about that light too much. Compromises and what have you.