I have had real trouble sleeping lately. It goes like this.....I can't get to sleep..... I worry about how late it is and how early I have to get up....The worrying makes it even harder to sleep....I lie awake wishing I could get to sleep....the more I lie there the more grouchy and irritable I get which in turn worsens the problem....I fall into a light sleep for a couple of hours max before my alarm goes off and spend the next day tired, grumpy and hoping I get a better nights sleep that night....which makes me so anxious to get to sleep that the pattern repeats itself!!
This is not a new experience for me. Throughout my life whenever I have had something on my mind I have struggled to sleep and been plagued by the seemingly endless cycle of sleepless nights. This time I am determined to break the cycle so I am trying out the thirty minute rule: If you lie awake for more than thirty minutes you get up and do something for thirty minutes before going back and trying to sleep.
So this is part of my thirty minutes. I just cleaned the bathroom and tidied the front room to save me a job in the morning and now I am writing this and having a drink. Fingers crossed I will get a good nights sleep after this. But if not I'll be back and will probably take my nail varnish off and re-do it ready for the weekend! And if that fails I can always do a bit of knitting or read a book.
Bon Nuit (I hope!)
xxx
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