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Insomnia:

Sleep, why do you elude me?  Year after year I ask this same question.

Unfortunately I know the answer.  I’m just not satisfied with it.  The simple fact is, I can’t shut off my brain.  And I’ve always been this way.  Even as a child, I had an extensive list of projects I was always working on.

In Favor of a more Simple Life

As I’ve grown older, the projects have grown more complicated…and multiplied.  Some days I wish I were one of those people with more simple lives.  They work, eat, watch a little TV and then sleep.

One of my old friends had that kind of life.  She never understood why I couldn’t just drop everything and go hang out with her whenever she wanted.  Why must I keep creating projects and stress for myself?  She then informed me that she fell asleep the second her head hit the pillow each night.  (I began secretly disliking her.)

Finding Sleep

I do go through periods when I sleep soundly.  I think they’re the times I’m feeling most content with my life.  It’s not that I have less on my plate; It’s the contentment felt when I’m making steady progress towards my goals.  In other words, I can go to sleep knowing it was a productive day.

Dreaming Daydreaming of Beds

As I’ve battled through the last several days of exhaustion…visions of big, comfy, beds dance through my head.  I found two dreamy pocket beds I thought I’d share.  Maybe if I could curl up in one of these little nooks–sleep would come more easily?.?.

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