W. C. Fields said, “The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.”
What a funny man, old W.C. was, huh?
Now, for the record, most of the time..on by-far-and-away most nights...I sleep just fine, thank you very much. But tonight is different than most nights. I have contemplated what might be the reason for my inability to sleep tonight but have come up with nothing. It was a rather hectic day, but not an especially stressful one. The evening was pleasant enough: dinner at a local eatery with wife and daughter (good food and drink, and good and funny conversation); a stop for some ice cream on the way home; some TV (a new episode of "Hawaii 5-0"); and the normal bed-time routine. I drifted off but was aware it was a fitfull sleep. Finally, at just past 2:00 a.m., I came downstairs, got a glass of chocolate milk, and here I am still: Wide awake!
What keeps you up on those nights when sleep just won't come?
What do you do, or not do, to pass the time? To pass the time that moves so very s-l-o-w-l-y?
Are there ways you find to make this unexpected "awake" time productive?
Some recommended ways to go to sleep when you are awake in the middle of the night:
~Counting Sheep...
~Toe Wiggling...
~Visualize Something Peaceful...
~Visualize Something Boring...
~Not Thinking...
~Yawning...
~Imagine It's Time to Get Up...
I found those on a website dedicated to getting people (like me, tonight) past their insomnia.
None of them worked! (Although, I did substitute orange whales for sheep.)
And so, I would add this to the list of recommended ways to go to sleep when you are awake in the middle of the night:
BLOG ABOUT IT !
Its 3:51 a.m. And, like W.C. advised: "The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep."
I'm going to bed...
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