Just Five More Minutes, Then I'll Sleep - How to Stop Stealing Sleep from Yourself Because Night Is the Only Time That Feels Like Yours
By Max Paradox
Length6h 35m
About this audiobook
You know you should go to bed.
You are tired. Tomorrow starts early. You already promised yourself that tonight would be different.
Then somehow it is 12:47 a.m., you are holding your phone six inches from your face, and a stranger is explaining which kitchen appliance changed his life.
Again.
Just Five More Minutes, Then I'll Sleep is a practical, funny guide for people who keep stealing sleep from themselves because late evening feels like the only part of the day they truly own.
This is not another book telling you to “just be more disciplined,” build a twelve-step bedtime routine, or transform your bedroom into a wellness retreat. Max Paradox looks at what is really happening: after a day full of work, chores, messages, family, decisions, obligations, and other people’s priorities, bedtime can feel less like rest and more like surrendering your final piece of freedom.
That is why “just go to bed earlier” often fails.
Inside, you will learn how to:
identify what you are actually trying to get from late-night wakefulness;
create personal time before midnight instead of borrowing it from sleep;
stop endless scrolling, streaming, gaming, and “one more” behavior;
build a simple last-hour routine that survives real life;
make your phone less powerful without declaring war on technology;
reduce tomorrow-related dread that keeps you awake;
create stopping cues that work even when motivation disappears;
use a twenty-minute rescue when the evening has already gone wrong;
handle travel, late work, social events, weekends, and chaotic nights;
catch bedtime drift before it becomes your default again;
know when a sleep problem deserves professional attention rather than another productivity trick.
The advice is designed for normal people with normal lives: people who are tired, busy, imperfect, occasionally chaotic, and not interested in waking at 4:30 a.m. to meditate beside a waterfall.
You will not be asked to become a different person.
You will learn how to design an evening that does not force sleep to compete with your only freedom.
Because the problem is not that you hate sleep.
The problem is that night finally feels like yours.
And once your day contains more ownership, bedtime stops feeling like theft.
Practical. Direct. Funny. Slightly uncomfortable in the way accurate observations tend to be.
Especially when you realize that Morning You and Night You have apparently been running separate governments.
This publication was prepared with the assistance of tools that support the creative process, including artificial intelligence-based solutions. The final concept, structure, and editing belong to the author.
Audiobook details
GenreHealth and Wellness, Self-Help
Length6 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 29, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Just Five More Minutes, Then I'll Sleep
2INTRO
3Chapter 1 - You Are Not Bad at Bedtime
4Chapter 2 - The Night Feels Like Yours
5Chapter 3 - Your Tired Brain Is a Terrible Negotiator
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6Chapter 4 - Why Your Perfect Bedtime Plan Keeps Dying
7Chapter 5 - Stop Saving Your Life for 11:00 p.m.
8Chapter 6 - Your Phone Is Not the Villain, but It Has Excellent Timing
9Chapter 7 - You Need a Landing Strip
10Chapter 8 - Stop Treating Tomorrow Like a Threat
11Chapter 9 - Build a Last Hour You Can Actually Follow
12Chapter 10 - Make Sleep the Easy Option
13Chapter 11 - Stop Negotiating in Bed
14Chapter 12 - The Five-Minute Promise Is Lying to You
15Chapter 13 - Other People Do Not Need Your Last Hour
16Chapter 14 - Learn the Twenty-Minute Rescue
17Chapter 15 - What to Do When You Stop Caring
18Chapter 16 - When Life Runs Late
19Chapter 17 - Catch the Slide Before It Becomes a Lifestyle
20Chapter 18 - Stop Making Sleep a Project
21Chapter 19 - Build a Life You Do Not Need to Escape From at Midnight
22Chapter 20 - You Can Go to Bed Now
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