more SLEEP news
Oct. 4th, 2025 07:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatA non-thorough check back through my dw posts indicates 1) I talk about sleep a lot, which makes sense, since I love sleep, and also 2) I (probably) haven't talked about my Best-Ever Falling Asleep Routine!
(I've been doing this for over a year and remain boggled by how well it works. For me. Mileage may vary, etc, etc. But if any future version of me is having trouble falling asleep: Here is your guide, future me!)
STEP 1: Get cozy, this process is for when you are literally In Bed and attempting to become asleep.
STEP 2: Count out three deep breaths, focusing on having the exhale be longer than the inhale.
STEP 3: Think of three things you're proud of doing that day.
[Usually I'm asleep after just one thing -- last night it was 'I wanted to go for a walk before work, and I did, and I even remembered to take a picture of the thing I wanted to take a picture of,' which is maybe two things?]
[But if you're still awake, there's more!]
STEP 4: Three more deep breaths
STEP 5: Think of three things you're physically feeling
[Sometimes I've reached this point and realized there is Something Keeping Me Awake, like I'm cold, or my head hurts, and I can Do Something About That.]
STEP 6: Three more deep breaths
STEP 7: Think of three things to add to a creative project (this helped me go to bed when I was doing noveling month last year, because I'd tell myself 'I can brainstorm some ideas once I get to that part of my falling asleep routine!' and somehow this worked even though I nearly always fell asleep before I got to that part, probably because my brain remains ever-overconfident that it is Not That Tired)
STEP 8: REPEAT FROM STEP 2
(I've been doing this for over a year and remain boggled by how well it works. For me. Mileage may vary, etc, etc. But if any future version of me is having trouble falling asleep: Here is your guide, future me!)
STEP 1: Get cozy, this process is for when you are literally In Bed and attempting to become asleep.
STEP 2: Count out three deep breaths, focusing on having the exhale be longer than the inhale.
STEP 3: Think of three things you're proud of doing that day.
[Usually I'm asleep after just one thing -- last night it was 'I wanted to go for a walk before work, and I did, and I even remembered to take a picture of the thing I wanted to take a picture of,' which is maybe two things?]
[But if you're still awake, there's more!]
STEP 4: Three more deep breaths
STEP 5: Think of three things you're physically feeling
[Sometimes I've reached this point and realized there is Something Keeping Me Awake, like I'm cold, or my head hurts, and I can Do Something About That.]
STEP 6: Three more deep breaths
STEP 7: Think of three things to add to a creative project (this helped me go to bed when I was doing noveling month last year, because I'd tell myself 'I can brainstorm some ideas once I get to that part of my falling asleep routine!' and somehow this worked even though I nearly always fell asleep before I got to that part, probably because my brain remains ever-overconfident that it is Not That Tired)
STEP 8: REPEAT FROM STEP 2
