One technique is to write down all of the things you accomplished before you go to sleep, so you don’t obsess over them while trying to go to sleep.
- Took a shower
- Left the house and went out for breakfast
- Walked a mile+ around downtown San Rafael
- Found commercial TV and wall mount for work
- Bought socks
- Didn’t go out to eat
- Didn’t have cereal dessert
- Cleaned dinning table
- Put clean dishes away
- Took out the trash
- Found the leak under the sink
So now I only have to obsess over.
- Clean clothes in room still not put away
- Dirty laundry in car that I didn’t do today
- Apartment that still hasn’t been clean
- All the money I spent today on various website with questionable purchases I may or may not need
- Need to find a new car
- Being alone
- Going back to work tomorrow and all that awaits me
- My depression
- My silent obsession over people that aren’t interested in me.
- Getting old
- My underfunded retirement
- The Novato Leadership Program video that I still need to make
- My health
…and whatever else my mind decides to focus on, in the past or made-up future, to keep me awake.
