Did you know that your "mommy" hormones actually make you need less sleep? I was a ten hour person myself until I had my daughter... then ... I panicked because I was sure I'd function a lot less without all that sleep... but ... no... I didn't... I just needed less sleep... it was easier to sleep when I didn't stress about "getting enough" of it (though I totally understand - and did - use help to get to sleep sometimes when the anxiety is really high)... like when you write to someone famous like they're a real person who might read it... =) even though you're painfully shy/insecure/crazy about stuff like that. You mother good. I like you.
I can so identify! Last night I woke up and decided to try spinning the marble in my head. However, every time it hit my nasal cavity, it started bouncing around. Then it bounced out an eye socket and started spinning around outside my head. I thought that might mess up my pillow or wake up my wife, so I put it back inside. I started it spinning small in the center of my skull, and it started moving outward following a Fibonacci sequence, then jumping back to the center and starting over. I wondered if it was intelligent. Sure enough, we began a conversation. This woke up the other people living in my head, and they wanted to play volleyball with the marble. I looked at the clock, and an hour had gone by, so this was not working. I sent the other personalities to bed and tied the marble to a string, so it just swung back and forth. It didn’t like it, but I finally got some peace and quiet and fell back asleep.
Hi Felicia, sorry you’re not sleeping well! I completely get it. I’ve done most of your tips but will incorporate the couple that I haven’t. I loved the book “Why we sleep” by Matthew Walker & it offered more than just the standard sleep hygiene tips but I also just found it fascinating. I also found that wearing ear plugs was a game changer for sleep for me - apparently I am super sensitive to noise 🤷🏻♀️. The only other thing is that I can’t miss my “sleep window” - if I don’t have my light out by 9:30, I personally know I’ll be up for hours - I wish I were able to stay up later but I can’t sleep if I do. Makes no sense.
You’ve probably tried all these things but thought I’d share on the off chance it might help. I know I’m often desperate for any tips for sleep. Hope you sleep soundly tonight!
Yay kitchari! I have an instant pot kitchari recipe that I make a big batch of maybe once a week now - looks a little different from yours, but 🤷♂️. It's here - https://www.veganricha.com/instant-pot-kitchari/ - and I really recommend a bunch of her recipes, and have in fact bought her cookbook.
I sent your tweet about this newsletter to a friend who suffers from insomnia. Hoping it helps her, but if it doesn't, perhaps doing so will conceal my ineptitude as a friend a little longer.
Did you know that your "mommy" hormones actually make you need less sleep? I was a ten hour person myself until I had my daughter... then ... I panicked because I was sure I'd function a lot less without all that sleep... but ... no... I didn't... I just needed less sleep... it was easier to sleep when I didn't stress about "getting enough" of it (though I totally understand - and did - use help to get to sleep sometimes when the anxiety is really high)... like when you write to someone famous like they're a real person who might read it... =) even though you're painfully shy/insecure/crazy about stuff like that. You mother good. I like you.
I can so identify! Last night I woke up and decided to try spinning the marble in my head. However, every time it hit my nasal cavity, it started bouncing around. Then it bounced out an eye socket and started spinning around outside my head. I thought that might mess up my pillow or wake up my wife, so I put it back inside. I started it spinning small in the center of my skull, and it started moving outward following a Fibonacci sequence, then jumping back to the center and starting over. I wondered if it was intelligent. Sure enough, we began a conversation. This woke up the other people living in my head, and they wanted to play volleyball with the marble. I looked at the clock, and an hour had gone by, so this was not working. I sent the other personalities to bed and tied the marble to a string, so it just swung back and forth. It didn’t like it, but I finally got some peace and quiet and fell back asleep.
Hi Felicia, sorry you’re not sleeping well! I completely get it. I’ve done most of your tips but will incorporate the couple that I haven’t. I loved the book “Why we sleep” by Matthew Walker & it offered more than just the standard sleep hygiene tips but I also just found it fascinating. I also found that wearing ear plugs was a game changer for sleep for me - apparently I am super sensitive to noise 🤷🏻♀️. The only other thing is that I can’t miss my “sleep window” - if I don’t have my light out by 9:30, I personally know I’ll be up for hours - I wish I were able to stay up later but I can’t sleep if I do. Makes no sense.
You’ve probably tried all these things but thought I’d share on the off chance it might help. I know I’m often desperate for any tips for sleep. Hope you sleep soundly tonight!
https://my.community.com/feliciaday Link doesn’t work. Just opens a blank page for some reason. Just thought you should know.
Yay kitchari! I have an instant pot kitchari recipe that I make a big batch of maybe once a week now - looks a little different from yours, but 🤷♂️. It's here - https://www.veganricha.com/instant-pot-kitchari/ - and I really recommend a bunch of her recipes, and have in fact bought her cookbook.
Thanks for all of this. Oddly, I didn't nod off during the zoom talk about sleep.
Could have been written by my own self. Thanks for the spinning ball in the brain trick, gonna try it out tonight. Peace.
One of the best techniques for getting to sleep:
* no caffeine after 2pm
* choose your bedtime window, and hit that time (nearly) every night. Yes, even on weekends.
* interlock your toes and fingers once you lie down, and then simply focus on your pulse.
I sent your tweet about this newsletter to a friend who suffers from insomnia. Hoping it helps her, but if it doesn't, perhaps doing so will conceal my ineptitude as a friend a little longer.