Sleep
This is still going to be a big Eli week, but I'm going to give an update today on the sleep post I wrote a while back.
Of the suggestions, quitting drinking (I have about a drink every two weeks, so not useful in my case) and using CBD gummies were the two things most commonly suggested.
I kept trying nothing, which worked surprisingly well.
What I've realized is that I was ignoring all the signals my body was giving me because I thought I could override it all with Melatonin and Trazadone.
As it turns out, not really.
Instead, I've just started paying attention, and I can feel when my brain starts to get wound up. Almost always, it's from getting too much information too quickly, which makes my brain speed up. When it gets past a certain threshold, I'm not going to be able to go to sleep.
I've started prioritizing single-focus activities when I wake up and before I go to bed. Instead of looking at a bunch of websites in the morning, I read with breakfast before I start working. It's a slower pace, with better concentration.
At night, if I'm watching television, I try to not look at my phone and multi-task.
My default had become multi-tasking to such a degree that I was becoming overloaded.
Now, if I feel I'm overloaded, I stop multi-tasking (if I am) and I focus on my breathing for a minute or two. It's a small thing, but it seems to be very effective.
How do I sleep now? Maybe not quite as well, but close, and when I wake up, I'm not sluggish at all. I'm ready to start the day.
All in all, I think it's a win.
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