Sunday, September 30, 2007

Early Waking

We had a fun-filled day yesterday and when I went to bed last night, I was really tired and went to sleep almost immediately. However, 4 AM rolled around and I was awake and haven't been able to get back to sleep. I occasionally have trouble sleeping -- usually it is when I have lots on my mind related to work, a trip, or something that is upcoming in my life or that of my family.

I often times will stay in bed and try to go back to sleep. After an hour or so of rolling around, however, I usually get up and think 'I'll get some work done' : ). We'll see how successful that idea is tonite/this morning...

One reason I couldn't go back to sleep this morning is because a new call for proposals was released from NSF that I plan to submit something for. So, my mind kept thinking about things for the proposal. I've not found a good way to turn off my mind/brain when I wake up in the middle of the night.

Any suggestions for how to get back to sleep when your mind won't turn off in the middle of the night?

1 comment:

Mosshouse said...

I used to keep a pad of the tiny post-its and a counselor friend of mine (no really, she works with me, not that I'm against seeking counseling!), said to sit up, write down that annoying thought and picture yourself sticking it on the bedside table and out of your brain and picture a black space filling that void in your brain...until you have a huge black space or void in your brain. That's what's really up in my head anyway...