Load Netflix. Brush teeth. Scroll through Twitter. Wash face. Respond to Facebook messages. Put on pajamas. Refresh Snapchats. Climb into bed. Respond to iMessages. Start Netflix. Continue Facebook chat. Set alarm. Roll eyes at stalled Netflix. Send emails. Refresh Netflix. Refresh Twitter. Facebook stalk. Pause Netflix. Shut laptop. Cuddle with iPhone. Close eyes. Sleep.

This is the bedtime routine of our generation. The ding of Facebook chat is our lullaby, and tweets are our bedtime stories.

You may not do every one of these activities before bed, but I would estimate at least one is part of your bedtime routine.

In a survey by the National Sleep Foundation, 95 percent of the 1,300 responders reported using some sort of electronic device the hour before bed.

I informally surveyed my coworkers and sorority sisters via Facebook to see if anyone did not look at his or her phone or computer during the hour before bed. Ironically, both posts received replies saying something similar to, “I wish, but I fall asleep with my phone in my hand.” Not a single member of either group cited the hour before bed as technology-free.

Although older generations have been watching TV before bed for years, studies suggest cell phone and computer usage have a greater effect on our sleep cycles.

Mark Rosekind,  former director of the NASA Ames Research Center’s Fatigue Countermeasures Program, said cognitive stimulation caused by cell phone and computer use has a different effect on sleep cycles than TV. Essentially, the alertness required to respond to text messages, emails, Facebook chat and the like inhibits a healthy sleep cycle because it speeds up our cognitive activity when it should be slowing down. We are running sprints when we should be jogging a cooldown.

For a generation that so often responds to the question, “How are you?” with, “Tired,” it is no surprise that the growing use of electronics before bed affects our sleep cycle.

The presence of these devices in our lives gives our minds little time to be at peace.

Ten years ago, the typical portrait of a college student during the week was sleep deprived, refueling on coffee and scrambling to finish assignments. In 2013, that image is the same, but with an iPhone in hand, even bigger bags under the eyes and a laptop practically glued to the face.

It is no secret; many of us are addicted to technology. We often comment on how cell phone usage affects our social interactions and abilities. However, technology has gotten to the point that its presence is affecting our physical health.

I don’t expect anyone to stop using their phone the hour before bed after reading this column. That’d be like asking Buzz Williams not to sweat through his suit. Instead, I ask you to try leaving your phone in your living room or even on your desk. Give your brain a break. Then maybe, just maybe, your response to how you are doing will be far from “exhausted.”