I got six hours of sleep. SIX hous of deep solid sleep! Look at this sleep pictogram. Then compare with a one from a typical sleepless night. I woke up infused with energy, enthusiasm, hope, joy. I mean seriously! I feel great! https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/infuse/
Category: #insomnia
Insomnia jokes
Couldn’tt resist this one. Had me rotfl😀 Ps: click on the photo to get it’s full effect. If you are a fellow insomniac, you will like so totaly relate! It’s insanity! Insanity but hilarious as heck.
Insomnia Diaries, Day 14..I think)
Two things compound to make me not even know what day it is. Persistent poor sleep, working weekends and long working days. So whereas today is Friday for most folks, it’s Monday for me. I work 1st shift (Friday to Monday ten hours a day). And I’m off Tuesday through Thursday. It’s actually a great…
Self care matters: Enough! (aka Insomnia Diaries) Day 7
Yesterday evening after I finally gave myself permission to relax for the rest of the day, I decided to take a nice long hot bath, read a book while sipping on some wine. (Side note: Why is it we feel that we have to be super pruductive all the time??) But first I needed to feed…
Lesson learned: Time to unwind is critical.(Enough! Day 5)
Truth be told, it’s a lesson I have to re-learn over and over again. At the end of a workday, it is of the utmost importance for me to make time to unwind. I know this but I don’t always do it. My job is stressful, fast paced and there’s a lot of prsssure to…
Enough Day 3: I goofed
One word: Ugh! Also, I goofed. I went to bed to late despite knowing I was working at 5am. I am freaking exhausted!!
Enough! Day 2
Last night, I headed up to bed by 7ish. I knew I would not fall asleep that early but I just wanted to unwind and rest. I sipped on some wine and listened to my meditation CDs and did a few of the affirmation exercises which was seeming to help until my sister interrupted me…
Enough!Â
Enough of this not sleeping nonsensical BS! Enough of laying awake all or most of the night! Enough of tossing and turning all night! Enough of being fatigued! Enough of feeling like I am insomnia’s damned hostage! Enough enough enough! It’s time to start sleeping better. To get to the underlying cause of this insomnia…
Celebrated too soon? Probably
So I had 2 nights of good sleep and more or less went into celebratory mode. Did I celebrate too soon? Probably. Coz here I am. It’s almost 2am and I have to get out of bed at 4am to be at work at 5. I give up. At least I had 2 days of…
Bedtime Affirmations
Affirming