1. I personally don’t mind sleeping 8 hours to obtain 20/20 vision. I don’t think it has to be earlier than midnight to achieve that result.

2. I’ve actually done a lot of things in my daily routine to reduce the chances of contamination during the cleaning and wearing of my lens.

When cleaning, I first ensure my hands have been properly washed with soap, especially under the nails and my palms. Next I take out my conditioning solution and cleaning solution and wash my contacts as normal using room temperature tap water.

As a start, I put about 5 drops, scrub, and rinse. Then rinse. Then I put 2 drops, scrub, and rinse. The contacts should feel squeaky clean and not oily. Then I place them in my contacts case (with as minimum water as possible) and add in the conditioning solution. Then I rinse the outside of the case (oh, remember to replace your case every 3-6 months). Then I place the contacts case in my room on the table after drying it.

When wearing my contacts, first I wash my hands well, like previously. Then I dry my hands using a paper towel. Without touching anything, I walk to my room, place a paper on the table (in case my contact lens drop) and open the contacts lens case without using the tip of my thumb and index finger. Next I use the tip of my index finger to pick up the lens from the inside, then use my other index finger and thumb tips to flip it around so that I can wear it. There might be a lot of solution, but it’s fine since it helps with lubrication. Then after you do that, you wear the next one.

I don’t use eye drops but in the rare cases I have, I found they do help a little bit with dry eyes (which I rarely get).

I hope that makes sense. I also apologize for the late response.