You
need enough sleep. You need enough sleep in order to function and in order to
restore and rejuvenate your mind and your body.
Tens
of millions of people have insomnia and other sleep problems. Stress, worry and
fear can be major contributors to sleep (and non-sleep) problems. It is very
common for people to toss and turn all night or sleep too few hours or not
sleep at all. This may often be due to one's mind continuing to focus (at top
speed) on problems instead of shutting down at night and resting.
When
I was in my 20's, and a money market trader on Wall Street, I had the very same
problem. I had a job that required me to function at an extremely high level,
continually, all day long. From 7AM to 7PM. I could not go to sleep at night
because my mind was still racing, reviewing the day's work (and problems) and
planning the next day's work (and problems). The lack of sleep began to
interfere with my ability to function on the job at the required high level. If
this continued, I would not be able to do my job effectively and I would soon
be tired, and fired. I had to get more sleep.
When
I realized that it was my mind that was keeping me awake until 1AM - 2AM, I
decided I had to do something about it. What did I do? How did I solve the
problem? What I did was make a deal with my brain. The deal was that when it
was time to go to sleep I would take all my problems, worries and fears out of
my brain and set them down on the nightstand next to my bed. I promised my
brain that all my problems, worries and fears would still be there on the
nightstand in the morning when I woke up and I would pick all my problems up
off the nightstand, put them back in my brain, and my brain could start
spinning and racing and worrying all over again. After a few nights of trying
this it began to work. I fooled my brain. I trained my brain. Now, when it was
time to go to sleep, I was able to lay down, put my problems and worries and
fears aside, and go to sleep. And in the morning, I was refreshed and ready to
face the day. That was decades ago and since then, when I get into bed, I lay
down my troubles. And have no trouble going to sleep at night.
In
addition, I learned something else; a lot of the things I worried about at
night disappeared or lessened when I went to pick them up off the nightstand
the next morning.
When
it's time to go to sleep, the day is finished. Put your worries down. When day
is done and it's time for sleep, there is nothing more you can actually do
right now about your existing problems, worries and fears. Put them down on the
nightstand, or, if you prefer, place an empty box next to your bed to put your
problems in at night. Don't worry, all your problems, worries and fears will
still be there in the morning. Or not. Meanwhile, you can go to sleep.
And,
if you wish, you can even write down your worries on a piece of paper and
physically put them in the box. And, in the morning, you can once again pick
them up. Or not.
As
for the box, any empty box will do. Any color. It may help if the box has a lid
and you can leave it open to easily put in your worries, problems and fears.
No, it doesn't have to be a large box. Unless you have a LOT of worries.
Andrew
Lawrence is the author of more than 20 self-improvement books. Unlike many
self-help books, his books are short, easy to read, and easy to understand.
Read free excerpts at: https://andrew-lawrence.blogspot.com
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