A simple achievement
Woop-de-do! I managed to sleep a lot better last night, not soundly all the way through, but there has been considerable improvement. Having looked up a lot of tips about good sleep practice online (gotta love teh internet), I tried out some of them and they did help. Though why they insist on calling it all 'sleep hygiene' I'll never know.
So, I did wake up at around midnight, and had the boiler knocking as it did before.....but I managed to get back to sleep again. In the first instance where bam I was wide awake, I got up, went into the other room and sat down with the intention to read a little. Almost instantly I was yawning my head off and within a couple of minutes was back in bed for the next stretch! Other wake-ups I just turned over in bed and got on with it. So though I'm not feeling totally refreshed and lalala this morning, I'm a helluva lot better than yesterday.
Some other tips for you: abstinence from caffeine after lunch (and obviously not too much beforehand either) - so that includes no tea, no coke, no red bull (yuck). I had the little idea of taking my bike leathers down from hanging on the door, so that I could actually close it fully for the first time in ages, making myself a little bedroom haven divided from my worldly worries and condiusive to sleep. I shall be doing that one again.
And now I'm at home waiting for the man with a van to arrive to take away my bike. The original one that went smash back in 2007 and has been parked up outside ever since. About bloody time, and will be one thing off my mind! Should've just got rid straight off - and that's something I'm going to be trying to do in future, deal with things as they come in (if I can) and not leave them to fester and niggle and get old.
After that, it'll be a brisk walk to work, dropping off my suits to be dry-cleaned along the way (been a while since I've needed to wear one), and then lots of computer-desk-work stuff to do once I arrive. And a reaction to work up. Back in the lab for a short period!
So, I did wake up at around midnight, and had the boiler knocking as it did before.....but I managed to get back to sleep again. In the first instance where bam I was wide awake, I got up, went into the other room and sat down with the intention to read a little. Almost instantly I was yawning my head off and within a couple of minutes was back in bed for the next stretch! Other wake-ups I just turned over in bed and got on with it. So though I'm not feeling totally refreshed and lalala this morning, I'm a helluva lot better than yesterday.
Some other tips for you: abstinence from caffeine after lunch (and obviously not too much beforehand either) - so that includes no tea, no coke, no red bull (yuck). I had the little idea of taking my bike leathers down from hanging on the door, so that I could actually close it fully for the first time in ages, making myself a little bedroom haven divided from my worldly worries and condiusive to sleep. I shall be doing that one again.
And now I'm at home waiting for the man with a van to arrive to take away my bike. The original one that went smash back in 2007 and has been parked up outside ever since. About bloody time, and will be one thing off my mind! Should've just got rid straight off - and that's something I'm going to be trying to do in future, deal with things as they come in (if I can) and not leave them to fester and niggle and get old.
After that, it'll be a brisk walk to work, dropping off my suits to be dry-cleaned along the way (been a while since I've needed to wear one), and then lots of computer-desk-work stuff to do once I arrive. And a reaction to work up. Back in the lab for a short period!
posted by J at 8:08 AM
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