Quote Originally Posted by enkoujin View Post
Today, I bought a sleeping mask that also came with some ear plugs.

It's going to help encourage me to go to sleep a lot earlier since it'll block off almost all distractions that will happen around ~7-9PM and cancel out the noise of these birds outside in the wee hours around ~3AM.

It's going to be great increasing my hours of sleep per day to be 9+ instead of my current average of 5-6.

Also, it'll help me with meditation.
I don't like numbing my senses, it's a potential danger not knowing what's in your surroundings because you're blind and deaf to the world, especially when you're also asleep. I think you should get a sound generator like this:



It produces different calming noises like white noise, ocean waves, rainfall, etc, to block out other sounds and help you concentrate or sleep.