A pattern worth noticing
Sleep debt is a common way to describe regularly sleeping less than you need. It can be a useful prompt to look at the structure of a week rather than judge one late night.
Recovery is not a shortcut
An occasional longer night can feel welcome, but a durable pattern usually comes from protecting a more regular opportunity for sleep across the week.
Plan the next evening
Rather than attempting an extreme fix, choose one constraint to soften: a later meeting, a delayed chore, or a more repeatable wind-down.