Late shower
Shower after a hard day at work is useful. You need it after your workout session in the gym as well. You may take a bubble bath before you go to bed. Hot shower and bathing help us relax and prepare our body for sleep. If this is what you have always done, then it’s alright and you should look for the reasons why your sleep is poor elsewhere. But if you have just recently started bathing in shower before the bedtime, then it very well might be the cause. The explanation is simple. You give the wrong signal to your brain waking it up, just the way you do it in the morning. Another thing to remember is to dry your hair very well before you go to bed. Sleeping on a wet pillow is neither comfortable nor healthy.

Excitement
Reading a book makes you feel sleepy? Then go ahead and grab a novel. Think what else might help you wind down and relax. Any daily activity is fine as long as it evokes sleepiness. Call your friend and chat a bit if you know this calms you down. Knitting, patch work, writing a letter and so on are all fine. However, you should avoid activities that involve you too much or are too addictive. If you are an avid reader who cannot stop reading without finding out what the ending of the story is, then put away the book and do something different and less exciting. Another wise step you should consider is to set some certain time limits and control the amount of hours spent on the things you usually do before the bedtime.