Well since I am still wide awake at 12.50 I might as well do my 2nd post! My insomnia has become quite a topic of discussion among my friends and family. Everyone is always offering me many reasons as to why I am not sleeping as well as suggestions for how to overcome it…. I have tried most of the remedies and every time I am offered a new reason or suggestion, I think “Aha! That’s it!” But alas, here I am once again, trying to keep myself entertained while the world sleeps…..
As many who know me could tell you, I am what you might call ‘a creative insomniac’ – I refuse to lie in the dark counting sheep or praying that I will fall asleep or – yes, I have done this: cry from frustration. No! Instead I choose to use the time effectively. That means, catching up on work not done, filing, creative hobbies and projects, watching tv, cleaning – one night I even decided that it was high time I saved all our clients’ birthdays into my Outlook calendar! (We have 300 clients……..). So, while all of you are sleeping I have a whole other life going on…..
A theory that I have been offered and am starting to think may be the case, is that I have made it a habit and now I can’t break the pattern. Steven (my husband) says that no one falls asleep the second they hit the pillow and I don’t give myself enough of a chance to fall asleep. I think he is partly right – some nights I subconsciously already know I am not going to sleep so if I can’t sleep within the first 5 or 10 minutes I am up and doing things…. and then because I have not given it a proper go I guess I wake myself up even more…!
I am sure many of you reading this may be thinking, ‘well, being in front of the pc is certainly not going to help…..’ (Hey Caz…) So, with that in mind this is me signing out and saying ‘Wish me Luck…”
Night Night!