The Innovative Insomniac

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kin like pulled pizza dough, stretched over his boney face. A bit of trivia: the actor ate one apple a day for weeks to lose enough weight to turn into that sickly type of skinny. Yeah, no, I could never ever do that. Not recommended either) — I just have trouble sleeping. And I especially have trouble sleeping when I have to share a room and/or bed with someone else. It makes me nervous because then I have to be quiet and as I’m not a cat, I can’t see in the dark which makes it difficult to be quiet. I can’t turn on the light or the tv or just pad about unhindered. Ways can be found, however (the hotel lobby for example, or the 24 hr diner across the street) so sharing a room can be conducive to your work ethics. I am in the lucky state of having my own place now although I am careful not to wake the cats. Because, then all of a sudden, they’re sitting there, staring and licking their chops.Either way, wherever I am, whatever sleeping situation I find myself in, I don’t fight it. If I wake up, I wake up. I do what I want to do: read, listen to music, a podcast, watch one of my comforts shows on my fruit-labelled devi

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ce, get up, do some stretches. I do what I have to do to relax then go back to bed. Some of the bad habits invoked by a non-six to eight-hour nonstop sleep sojourn: eating. I am trying to get over that by not having anything to eat within a 5-mile radius which tends to help. I certainly won’t walk 5 miles to get a snack.Actual good advice to help sleep (which I totally resisted but once I gave it a go, did discover the following two tips work):~ turn off the tv before you fall asleep (a no-brainer, I know but it works)~ no sugary snacks, especially not chocolate at least four hours prior to bedtime (we all know what sugar highs do to little kids. Terror! It works exponentially sugary on us, and chocolate has the sweets and caffeine so that’s a big no. Also, the emptier your stomach, the better I’ve found)So, basically, the only other bit of advice I have for similar sufferers of the night: get your own room. And be comforted: you are not alone. There are many members of the 2 AM/3 AM/4 AM club. I find that comforting, in a weird sort of way.</article></body>

The Innovative Insomniac

just go with it

Right off the bat, I have to say: I do not sit on the floor of my bedroom in lacy undies, a cashmere sweater, and have my toenails perfectly glossed. I never have my toenails painted. Ever. Way too much trouble. It lasts about a day then you have the added work of removing the toenail polish. Nope. Not for me. While there is a nail place on every corner of every block in Manhattan, it’s just way too much trouble and seems like such a waste of time. I suppose one can catch up on emails and such. Still. The unvarnished toe truth for me.

Back to the topic of the post: insomnia. It really is an attractive word. You know, graphically speaking. It’s not a pleasant state of being though. I wouldn’t say I’m an insomniac — Christian Bale comes to mind in The Machinist (skeletal, eyes sunken into his head, skin like pulled pizza dough, stretched over his boney face. A bit of trivia: the actor ate one apple a day for weeks to lose enough weight to turn into that sickly type of skinny. Yeah, no, I could never ever do that. Not recommended either) — I just have trouble sleeping. And I especially have trouble sleeping when I have to share a room and/or bed with someone else. It makes me nervous because then I have to be quiet and as I’m not a cat, I can’t see in the dark which makes it difficult to be quiet. I can’t turn on the light or the tv or just pad about unhindered. Ways can be found, however (the hotel lobby for example, or the 24 hr diner across the street) so sharing a room can be conducive to your work ethics. I am in the lucky state of having my own place now although I am careful not to wake the cats. Because, then all of a sudden, they’re sitting there, staring and licking their chops.

Either way, wherever I am, whatever sleeping situation I find myself in, I don’t fight it. If I wake up, I wake up. I do what I want to do: read, listen to music, a podcast, watch one of my comforts shows on my fruit-labelled device, get up, do some stretches. I do what I have to do to relax then go back to bed. Some of the bad habits invoked by a non-six to eight-hour nonstop sleep sojourn: eating. I am trying to get over that by not having anything to eat within a 5-mile radius which tends to help. I certainly won’t walk 5 miles to get a snack.

Actual good advice to help sleep (which I totally resisted but once I gave it a go, did discover the following two tips work):

~ turn off the tv before you fall asleep (a no-brainer, I know but it works)

~ no sugary snacks, especially not chocolate at least four hours prior to bedtime (we all know what sugar highs do to little kids. Terror! It works exponentially sugary on us, and chocolate has the sweets and caffeine so that’s a big no. Also, the emptier your stomach, the better I’ve found)

So, basically, the only other bit of advice I have for similar sufferers of the night: get your own room. And be comforted: you are not alone. There are many members of the 2 AM/3 AM/4 AM club. I find that comforting, in a weird sort of way.