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Old 11-08-2022, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by La lamy View Post
I have had issues sleeping throughout my life. I now start my bedtime routine with reading a few pages, then I go through my gratitude list which I often don't make through before either falling asleep or getting distracted. Then I'll get back to it and continue where I left off, I'm up to almost 100 things to be grateful for!!! If I'm still awake I'll either do my mantra or start singing Bridge over troubled waters in my brain. I know, random!! A big help is doing stretches about 1 1/2 before bed. It's amazing how those stretches bring circulation and calmness to achy muscles which leads to much easier sleep. But it sure takes discipline to do it!
Maybe if you cut out 99% of the things and rituals you have to get through, it would clear your mind, and make it easier to get to sleep?
Luckily I am a male, and it's a well proven fact that men can only think of, or do one thing at a time. So I do have that advantage!