I'm ex-directory. My mobile phone volume is off. I'm not on Facebook, Twitter, etc. Is Putin interested in gardening? That would be interesting if he popped up.
I listen to podcasts… I have them queued up so that they play continuously all night … then if I begin to ‘rise to the surface’ my brain latches onto the voices and listens, rather than trying to think of something itself … that way it relaxes and sinks back down into oblivion. It’s what we do when we read a bedtime story to a child.
Nothing exciting … something like Open Country or The Countryside Hour on BBC Sounds hits the right note for me … gentle chuntering about something mildly interesting but nothing riveting. Because I only ever hear a fraction of them I can listen to the same ones over and over again. Indeed they become like old familiar friends … again like a child’s favourite bedtime story.
My only problem comes if the podcast stops for some reason … the silence wakes me up.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Supposedly no TV, screens, or phone for two hours before bed, warm milky drink, soft music, and low lighting ( sounds like something else😆) but it has never worked for me. I do find reading again one of my favourite books means I can put it down at any time so sleep comes eventually.
I have found breathing exercises helpful occasionally. Counting in, making sure my tummy rises, then counting out, trying to increase the length of the breath. I think it has worked for me as the counting stops me thinking of other things, and it’s quite boring, which might be what sends me off to sleep. Worth a try, no side effects! I shall give it a go at lights out ( in the next 10 minutes)
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Is Putin interested in gardening? That would be interesting if he popped up.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Forget alcohol. Forget boring books. Forget hypnosis. I need something that works.
No sleeping tablets, no counting sheep (or goats), no listening to Michael Gove.
I'm open to ideas - legal ones!! What works for you?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.