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# Investing in Lighting Did Great Things for My Mental and Physical Health
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202302281157/
- Published: 2023-02-28T17:04:50.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-01T01:10:15.000Z
- Description: Controlling lighting is an extremely powerful force on your daily life satisfaction
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: interior-design, audio-enabled

## Audio Companion

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## Written Piece

> It's crazy how much of the attraction here is just lighting and plants.  
>  
> What people want:  
> \- automation  
> \- plants  
> \- sunlight  
> \- family  
>  
> This is a solvable problem, where is the startup that fills my house with self-managing plants? [https://t.co/tsZrynx4rB](https://t.co/tsZrynx4rB?ref=bramadams.dev)
> 
> — andrew 🌹 (@\_\_drewface) [December 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/%5F%5Fdrewface/status/1473684287648055309?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bramadams.dev)

Controlling lighting is an **extremely powerful force on your daily life satisfaction.**

Used correctly it can be calming, or energy building.

Used incorrectly, it is an oppressive pressure on the eyes and the mind.

## Yellow Lights

In my bedroom, I use soft yellow Edison bulbs. They're warm enough to not cause stress, but powerful enough to light up an entire room.

White light is best for offices during the day (*looking at you, pandemic years*) or overcast days when energy is hard to summon.

I keep both around the house depending on the weather forecast and my emotional state.

## Also, Invest in Darkness

Equally important is to invest in a good set of blackout curtains or blinds (check out [Rolladens if you want to go hard](https://www.hawkeyewindows.com/european-window-and-door/rolladen-rolling-shutters/?ref=bramadams.dev)). Getting a full night of sleep is critical, and light seeping through curtains is an easy recipe for poor sleep.

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## Light Mode And Dark Mode on Websites

I generally clowned on developers putting so much into building dark modes instead of critical features that prevent their apps from working, until I was working on this site on a red eye flight. The whites were **blinding** and the websites/apps that had dark mode were **comforting**.

I added [dark mode literally that flight using this tutorial](https://medium.com/bigpanda-engineering/dark-theme-with-styled-components-a573dd898e2a?ref=bramadams.dev).[\[1\]](#fn1)

Consider me a convert!

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1. Authors Note 2023-02-28 I have since moved to Ghost Headline and have not uploaded a new dark mode lol