At 11:59 every night, my phone starts singing the quietest of sleep songs. Then at midnight, it literally shuts down into sleep mode.

The ringer on the phone is silenced, emails, texts and news no longer show up on the home screen, and the phone powers back to a subtle backlight. Of course, if I want to I can get to all of the news and info behind the quiet screen, but I have to try harder. That is until the alarm rings in the morning.

I didn’t even know this blessed function existed on my iPhone. Last week, I was complaining to my daughter about an admittedly sleep destructive habit, that being checking my phone multiple times throughout the night. "I can fix that for you", she said, and quickly took my phone.

Yes, it worked. I admit there have been a few times that I have pushed past the protective quiet of sleep mode, but really only a few.

So good night friends. My phone is starting to sing that sleep song again and I’m off to a good night’s sleep.