Regulation & Environment
Caffeine, screens, social inputs, work stress — the environmental drivers of baseline drift.
Your baseline isn't set in isolation. It's shaped by the inputs you bring into your day and evening — caffeine timing, light exposure, content load, and sustained work pressure. Small environmental drifts compound.
These articles look at the four most common environmental drivers of a destabilised baseline, and what adjustments produce the largest shifts.
When Should You Stop Drinking Caffeine?
Caffeine's half-life is longer than most people assume. A practical guide to cutoff timing.
How Screen Time Before Bed Affects Your Sleep
Evening light and content both interfere with sleep — through different mechanisms. What matters most.
Is Social Media Making You Anxious?
Scrolling is a continuous low-grade arousal input. How it shapes baseline anxiety and sleep pressure.
Work Stress and Burnout: Why High Performers Crash
High performers crash because they override stress signals — until the system forces rest.