Get more sleep

Since I moved to Spain I am finding particularly difficult being in bed by 22:30. Everything here is made in such a way that no one seems to be sleeping before midnight.

Nothing wrong about that, but I still want to go to bed early and wake up early. Provisionally I will try to make this goal easier by setting my bedtime at 23:30. After achieving this, I will go back to my original goal, which is being in bed by 22:30.

I should go to bed at 12 to get a nice 8 1/2 hours sleep a night. I naturally wake at 8.30 so midnight would be perfect.

Or 11.00 if i want to read.

A progress report at my blog

Okay so last night i had a sleepover with my bff and we didn’t go to sleep till 4:00 AM. _ Ill try some more tonight, last night was a sleepover so…... like no sleep lolz!

Im going to bed early tonight.

No late-night snacking.
No pacing the room.
No TV.
No reading.
No music.
No lights on.

Nothing, just good ol’ fashioned sleep, the way it should be.

I have insomnia supposivly due to depression. It is hard. I cannot sleep, I am continuously restless and jumpy, tired all the time, and just generally feel shit.

At night, my mind just doesn’t shut up. It makes everything worse, my pycologyst said that “your mind is more often your enamy then your friend” so true, it’s a bitch :l

—IT’S LONG BUT IT CAN HELP YOU.. READ IT AND TRY IT.
My pycologist told me to try this but due to my distructive mind this didn’t work, BUT it could work for you guys so just give it a go.

1. You need to go to bed, not to early and not too late she said around about 10-10:30pm. You need to keep this consistant.

2. Lie there, go through everything you did that day from start to this minute.

2. Do NOT watch the clock, apparently that is a huge cause of not sleeping properly.

3. Be O.K. with not sleeping. Don’t try to force yourself to sleep if your not, then just say to yourself “this is okay, I am still getting rest.”

4. If you are still not asleep after 20minutes of lying there you must get up, yes i know this is hard especially when it’s cold but you MUST. The idea is not to teach your mind that bed = no sleep.

5. Do something like watch tv or read a book, when you next yarn or feel a wave of tirdness go back to bed and try to sleep.

6.If you can’t get to sleep for 20mins again then you must get up again and repeat until asleep.

ALSO

Set a time to get up each morning, make it something around 8am, unless you have somewhere to be like work or school.

When your alarm goes off you MUST get up!! Or i’ll come to your house and make you :P

The next night if you feel really tired early you must still wait until 10pm or else this wont work.

I wish you luck <3

last night i went to bed at 1:00 am and had to get up around 8. _ I really want more sleep. So, tonight ill try to be in bed by 11:30, and wake up around 9.er, ill try!

That means “In bed by 10:30” missy!! And no getting up until you have been in bed for 8 hours.

this one isnt working out so good im my favor. its really hard when i dont get a lot of time wiht my girlfriend and she stays up late. i never want to hang up the phone..
i also have been dealing with dental work that is killing me. this happens everytime i do to see the dentist..its always a case of”gott to get worse..before it gets better”...

next week i am going to try somthing..im not getting enough sleep and its hard on my body…i hope getting wireless internet can help then i can be in bed and talk to my girl while resting..its the problem im facing…once i am in the living room im taking on other tasks and checking various social sites and then it goes from 11pm..to 2am….
im going to do some looking around at some method to calm my mind before bed. i think waaaay to much and its hard to turn it all off. i get the” well this…and i have to do that..or i should do this”...regiment and assess what could actually be done….

so ill hit ya here when i have some solutions for next friday

well this one could spiral a little out of contol. i forgot how much i like sleeping. i caught myself thinking about a nap when i get home from work. i cant sleep my life away. but damn it feels good..

i want to give my body the time ot recover. cause i know when im hurting i dont sleep alot..i work myself to the core then i end up sleeping in and rushing around and disjointing for the rest of the day…
so im beging to give myself monday for a early night and laying in bed reading. i know my weekend are always so busy so i need ot be able let myself rejuvenate. so im going to start this on monday..come home from work and just veggie…11pm bed time. like the news watch then call my girl..then drift off into sleep