One of the only things I did with the inquiry of instituting an evening routine was set an alarm to go off every night at 9pm. Then I just ignored it. Until it went off tonight — now what?
Made a todo list for tomorrow. That's good. A big part of my resistance to going to bed is often anxiety about all of the things I think I ought to do, and having a list helps me worry less. Spent longer than I intended making a playlist of quiet, gentle music. Funny that a lot of songs about dream or sleep are so loud (Aerosmith's Dream On, Supertramp's Dreamer), but I picked one to kick things off (The Police's Bring On The Night) before going into the quieter stuff. Copied to iPod, now will shut off computer, put on music, and do something quiet and offline in bed and maybe even sleep!
Also celebrating that my room has been top thing on my mind some. Cleaned a bit more today, feels good to walk into it being nicer than it has been. More spacious, peaceful.