Mabuhay! I wanted to welcome you as well to the workbooks.

You do have a good set of practices listed! FryingMan already covered everything for now...I would only add that although wake back to bed is not required for DILDs, I think it is extremely helpful when you can get it in, especially after you've had a decent amount of rest. Most people say after 4.5 hours or approximately 3 sleep cycles but as you've experienced it is possible to do pre-bed work and get an early LD.