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I have had a tough time falling asleep lately. This is really something that is so foreign to me. Typically my head hits the pillow and I am out. Actually, I am usually falling asleep on the sofa and have to drag myself upstairs to bed. But lately, my mind just will not stop and I cannot get to sleep. I just lay there thinking. It isn’t anxiety, just that I am laying there thinking about all the things I want to do tomorrow and try to figure out how I can fit it all into my day. Time management has been a main theme for me lately, hasn’t it?
Finally, after about an hour of thinking of about a million different things that I wanted to do today, I told myself to just stop. To chill out. That I am doing a wonderful job right now in my writing, tutoring and other things in life. Sure, I want to do more but I am in no way doing a bad job. I told myself, take a breath! I am doing as well, if not better, than I expected at this point. Calm down, enjoy it and trust myself that things will continue to go well as long as I work hard. And to remember that I am not a lazy person. I do not need to overschedule my day before it even gets here because I know I will just naturally try to get as much done as I have time and energy to do.
Just keep repeating, relax and enjoy.
To Smile.
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and if breathing isn’t working, I highly recommend the Getting Things Done system. I’m not 100% compliant with it (I’m trying to get back on track!), but the basis of the whole thing is that you have to get *all* of that “I need to do x” out of your head and into a system, without any regard for whether it’s “work” or “personal” or something else. It’s amazing how much better I sleep when I’m doing that.
-a.