When I can't get to sleep, sometimes I put on a timer for five minutes and tell myself I only need to sleep till it goes off, then I can give up and get out of bed. The deal only holds if I make a serious attempt at sleep. No phone, no music, only head into pillow. The knowledge that I'm going to be held to that and the shortness of the timeframe kicks something into gear and I end up zoned out, almost ready to sleep after the five minutes.
And then, well, I was so close to sleeping, why not set a fifteen minute timer and then I'll give up.
Half the time that does the trick and I don't even realize I missed the timer till I see I've actually been woken up by the morning alarm, the other half of the time I keep going to a twenty-five minute timer.
It's so stupid, but it works.
Significantly higher success rate than counting sheep.
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Nightly Notes
Procrastination is awful. I've picked up some new responsibilities recently and it's been rough.
I find it difficult to reconcile the fact that I care about things with the fact that I don't act on it.
Do you?
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