We've talked about how I can tell myself when to fall asleep, but just because I can give myself permission to sleep, it doesn't mean that I always take it. Sometimes my mind is going crazy and I can't sleep. So here is a list of ways I get myself to fall asleep when I can't.
1. Pray
I'd like to say that this is my first go to. It's really not. It's generally my last go to, but it's still something that I do.
2. Write
It's always when I'm just about to fall asleep when poetry and all my thoughts come pounding around in my head, pushing my eyelids open. Sometimes that means a note on my phone, sometimes that means pulling out Madeline and writing it all down.
3. Design
4. Jeremy Manhandsome stories
Yup. My best friend made up Jeremy Manhandsome for me (he's supposed to be my future husband) when I was 16. So I make up stories about him as I'm falling asleep. This is a fail proof method. I never get much farther the opening paragraphs before I'm dead asleep.
5. Reading
6. Watch Netflix
Usually something that I don't care about. I watch like 10 minutes and then give myself permission to fall asleep and I'm gone.
Happy Random Wednesday! I hope that today is a good one! And if you have any random rituals for falling asleep I'd love to hear them in the comments :)
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