I also always try and harvest as soon as lights come on and let the pot dry out to speed up drying, I also remove the majority of leaves that don't have resin over the last week, a few each day.
but it don't really make much difference, the leaf removal and dry pot is just to speed up drying and harvesting as soon as lights come on is because its the peak time to do it for THC levels etc, if I had the space i would just leave them in the dark for 2-3 days before harvesting too.
but it's all tiny amounts of difference anyways, just do whatever's best for u.