One of the things that I really hate is when you have an important day and you make sure
that you go to be early so that wake up early, but what ends up happening usually is that
you can’t fall asleep.
In fact, you might be watching this video right now because you tried to google, how
to fall asleep quickly!
Whats also quite frustrating is that, when you feel inspired whether it was because you
watched some kind of a movie or a video.
You feel like you want to get your life together.
You sit out there and start planning your day, you finally found a purpose to pursue,
you are motivated, determined.
You write down a to do list and promise yourself that the next morning you are going to follow
that plan.
You ignore your friend's invitation to hung out, put aside your phone and go to bed so
that you wake up early.
you are lying on your bed, trying to fall asleep.
5 minute passes, 10 minutes and You turn around and try every pose but for some weird reason,
you can't fall asleep.
your mind starts remembering all the shit that you have been through.
Things you thought that you have forgotten, but your brain keeps digging and digging to
bring up your worst memories.
You get so caught between these memories you that forget that you actually suppose to sleep.
after sometime when you pick up your phone and you realize that you have been lying on
your bed for an hour!
You try to get that off your brain but your brain isnt a fool, it will remember another
nonsense to distract you.
Of course the next morning you aren’t going to wake up as early as you have promised yourself,
neither you are going to follow that little to do list that you came up!
your entire plan is just ruined because you just couldn’t fall asleep last night.
You might have to wait for another inspiration moment.
In case if that happens again, I have got a solution for you.
I have had the same problem, and I have accidentally found a solution.
I remember when I was in college, I was in my dorm room just browsing the internet around
midnight, and I came across audiobooks, I loved reading books then But I have never
been a fan of audiobooks.
For some weird reason I had a negative opinion about them, however, I thought I would give
them a try.
Honestly, I was fascinated because I found it much more interesting than actually sitting
out there and reading a book page to page, so I lied down on my bed and kept listening.
Unfortunately, I fell asleep in 5 or 10 minutes.
The next day, I had a long busy day but at night when I came back home, I struggled to
fall asleep, I was lying on my bed for some time already and it didn't seem like I am
gonna sleep anytime soon, so I said, why not listen to an audiobook like last night.
I turned on an audiobook, wore my earnest and believe it or not, I fell asleep immediately.
the problem is that your brain can't stop thinking, even when you are sleeping its dreaming,
playing around your memories.
So when you are lying down and trying not to think about anything, your brain thinks
about whatever crosses its way, often you find yourself thinking about the last thing
you would want to think about at that moment.
So you have to give your brain something to concentrate on while trying to sleep instead
of remembering your worst memories.
Remember how it was when you were a little kid.
Your mom would tell you a BedStory and you would fall asleep in between.
That's exactly what you need! a BedStory, not necessarily an audiobook, but anything
that you could listen to.
Just make sure that it's not a movie or something you have to watch, something that you could
listen to while lying your bed with your eyes, like your favorite podcast or an interview.
Try it out and let me know how it works with you!
Anyway, that's it for today, thanks for watching!
I will see you in the next one.