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Insomnia

Jun 23, 2024

My ๐ˆ๐๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐๐ˆ๐€ go-to list.


I used to have repeatedly terrible sleep. I would be awake again and AGAIN.


In the twilight hours leading up to bed time I'd be apprehensive and twitchy, and these feelings in turn degraded my sleep.


That's an obvious feedback loop. A vicious cycle.


๐“๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ.




I eased that cycle by having a 'Nice Insomnia' list. Knowing that I could experience it with less annoyance eased the overall impacts and eventually led to improved sleep and a better mood.


I became better company for myself and others.


๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐š ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ.

I encourage you to make your own.


๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐”๐’/๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ:

  • My peeps:

  • Subby guys

  • Uncles/aunts, Big Sam

  • Raj, Navi, Moneet



๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž:

  • Spray nice scent or drop essential oils

  • Go to spare room.

  • Sleeping mask

  • Change PJs

  • Gentle, relaxing music: make a playlist



๐ƒ๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž:

  • Meditate or relax, use Reminder app

  • Easy, long, slow, breathing

  • Nice TV show: laugh mo-fo

  • The Office, IASIP, Blackadder, Father Ted

  • Play with cats



๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง t๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ:

  • Upbeat work message response or compose

  • Calendar management

  • Task management (Trello)



๐‘๐ž๐š๐:

  • Storybook: Waylander, something solid and wholesome; nothing heavy or dreary or pessimistic: not overnight

  • Business notes, books, articles

  • Coaching notes, books or articles

  • Course study notes



๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž ๐จ๐ซ P๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ:

  • Nothing exciting: link to go-to list

  • Nature program, slow paced movie

  • Wholesome or fun or progressive

  • Watch on silent or just listen with sleeping mask on



๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ P๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ S๐ญ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:

  • PLAN AHEAD: Make Playlists

  • DO NOT LET THE ALGORITHMS DECIDE FOR ME

  • Nice videos

  • Business videos

  • Coaching videos

  • Inspiring events or people: look through my Coaching google keep saved videos

  • NOT video-shorts and reels, I may as well do crystal meth. NOT even cat videos.



๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง:

  • Podcast: Story, business, coaching



๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ/W๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž:

  • Gratitude, realisations, emotions, truth

  • Blog, creative,

  • Business, BMC, other ideas, aha's



๐Œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฉ:

  • {Have a list of people that you LIKE to reach out to}



๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐œ๐ก & W๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ:

  • Trapezius workout, foot workout

  • Strengthen adductors

  • Bellows/deep diaphragm slow breathing

  • Left nostril breathing

  • Listen to own heartbeat

  • Simple no-prop Yin yoga

  • Just basic yoga

  • Other workout



๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ & ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ:

  • Short prayer of gratitude to the infinite improbability of life. "I know enough about maths to know that our very existence is a preposterous miracle"

  • Short prayer for those with more struggles

  • Long prayer of gratitude

  • The past 24hrs list: 10 things that I'm grateful for + acknowledging difficult feelings for 2 things that were hard

  • Long prayer of thanks for the mathematical improbability of unfurling intelligence beyond human understanding

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