Making Deals with Tom Bodett
The sleep problem continues.
At the root of it, I have realized, is that, while I know that my body physically needs sleep, my mind resists it. It keeps telling me, There's something more you could be doing, more to squeeze in. When I lie down to sleep, my mind fights my body's urgent waving of its white flag.
But then I find myself needing sleep -- and able to grab it -- when it's "just taking a nap".
Last night, I tricked myself. I left all the lights on in the apartment and lay down on the couch to watch a movie. I made it all the way through -- Dial M for Murder -- but after just rolled over on the couch, napping.
I woke up in the middle of the night and got into bed, with the bedside lamp still on. I told myself it was Saturday and I had nowhere to go today at all.
I only got six hours of sleep total, but that's better than what I've had, for the most part of several weeks on end.
At the root of it, I have realized, is that, while I know that my body physically needs sleep, my mind resists it. It keeps telling me, There's something more you could be doing, more to squeeze in. When I lie down to sleep, my mind fights my body's urgent waving of its white flag.
But then I find myself needing sleep -- and able to grab it -- when it's "just taking a nap".
Last night, I tricked myself. I left all the lights on in the apartment and lay down on the couch to watch a movie. I made it all the way through -- Dial M for Murder -- but after just rolled over on the couch, napping.
I woke up in the middle of the night and got into bed, with the bedside lamp still on. I told myself it was Saturday and I had nowhere to go today at all.
I only got six hours of sleep total, but that's better than what I've had, for the most part of several weeks on end.