Oh so sleepy

Lately I haven’t been sleeping so well. My mind is always in overdrive. As soon as the lights go off I am thinking about work, food, washing to be done, babies, holidays, what to do with my life and the meaning of existence. It’s not unusual for me to take two hours to get to sleep. Two hours! Who has two hours to waste! (I could actually be doing the things I’m fretting over…). I try to do the right thing, like not eating for a few hours before bed, reading before I go to sleep to wind down, counting backwards from 100 when I’m desperate. But I think I am just a worry-wart in general (thanks for that mum) and I find it hard to switch off. The only times I can sleep properly are when I’m on holidays or I completely wear myself out physically. So my plan of attack is to do a bit more exercise, eat a bit less sugar, and try to write more things down so they don’t circumnavigate my brain all night. Some studies say that insomnia is basically an unwillingness to relinquish control: that we can’t even let go of our everyday worries to sleep for 8 hours. Us poor humans weren’t cut out for this life!!