I have such difficulty sleeping at night
I have such difficulty sleeping at night. I’ve tried every possible technique. I’ve made my bedroom a quiet pleasurable place to relax prior to falling asleep, I took the television out of the room, I’ve followed the advice of so many people all to no avail.
So what do I do or plan on doing now? I refuse to take any medication as that didn’t seem to help or if it did made me completely useless the following day. I decided to use this “extra time” to my advantage.
When it’s a day that I couldn’t fit my workout in? Guess what? I get up, get dressed and go for a brisk walk. I force myself even though I ‘fee’ tired. If it’s a day that I didn’t clean something I wanted to, I get THAT done.
Laundry is no longer an issue as that the easiest thing to wake up and do in the middle of the night without disturbing anyone else in the house! Surprisingly, once I start doing any of these things I start to feel like I can really really fall asleep and not just “tired laying there” sleep…
So now I get things done and then get right back to sleep utilizing the time much better. If I sleep just 4 hours after a cleaning spree at least it’s a good 4 hours of solid sleep, PLUS got some things done! Otherwise it would be 4- 7 hours of simply tossing and turning!
