Trouble sleeping?

While enjoying my morning coffee and paper, I came across an article that described how so many people have problems getting to sleep. Since I have designated today as my new idea day, I thought to myself....Truthteller has the answer (or at least one of them).

In keeping with my philosophy, that it should be fun and easy...here goes!

Try this out and see if it works for you? Get your self some, zen like music, or classical if you prefer, play it as you are getting ready for bed. Create a mood conducive to relaxing you. If it helps you, take a bath before climbing into bed and throw in a few candles to enhance your relaxation response. The idea here is create a bedtime ritual that starts to slow you down before you slip between the sheets.

Next, and this is the really important part; as you lay in bed, think of 3-5 things that happened in your day, that you feel gratitude for. You can do it, if you make the effort. It doesn't matter how bad your day was, there is always something to be grateful for. Perhaps it was a beautiful blue sky, a lush park you drove by, a compliment you gave someone or received or an apprceation for someone or somthing in your day. I will say this again; if you really think about it,there is always something to feel grateful for!

There you have it, my magical formula...simple and it works.

Here are some other pointers, I got off a research article....

DON'T watch TV in the bedroom, it won't calm you it will most likely put negative thoughts and images in your brain. You want to slow down not speed up your brain.

Banish negative thoughts and replace them with pleasant thoughts and images. Make up a beautiful experience in your head and dream about that. It is only logical that if you want sweet dreams, you need to have sweet thoughts in that skull of yours as you drift off to sleep.

Don't drink alcohol before you go to bed.

Resist the urge to take naps during the day, this will make a sleeping problem worse and keep you up half the night.

Pay attention to your body. Go to bed when you feel sleepy, do not concern yourself with sticking to a regular bed time.

Now, sweet dreams amigo!

Eduardo