Here's Why, For You, Getting to Sleep Might Be Deeper Than Trying to Count Sheep.

While the sleep technique of "Counting Sheep" might be easy and helpful for others, It's probably just not enough for people like you and me.

I found that I was often just trying too hard to fall asleep. For me, no matter how many different techniques I would try, it didn't seem to get me there. I would just keep lying there, wishing I could fall asleep. It was depressing, and my sleep confidence was low, meaning that most of the time I didn't really believe that I would be able to fall asleep. Which is really a bummer.

It seemed like it was just something I would have to deal with forever! Darn! Why didn't my friends and family have this same trouble with getting to sleep? When people would tell me "Just count sheep!" it would make me mad because I had tried so many times and failed every time.

I later figured out that one of my greatest issues was that I was really just trying too hard to fall asleep. It really had to do with my focus being in the wrong place. I mentioned confidence.

Without confidence, I'm going to be focusing on how much I have failed at falling asleep the last few nights, and I won't really believe that I will be able to fall asleep tonight. And that, my friend, is the big issue. I just couldn't believe it, so trying to sleep wasn't going to help out too much.

What to do before you go to bed so that you should be able to get to sleep faster. I like to talk about sleep preparation because it seems like almost no one else does. Yeah, it's important that you don't drink coffee right before bed, and you don't want to eat a meal or exercise right before bed. Those things will all throw off your sleep, but I discovered something also.

You need to feel tired and drowsy before you go to bed. Otherwise you'll just lay there, trying to sleep for hours. How can you make sure that you are feeling tired and drowsy before bed? One thing I like to do, is pick up a boring book. Or a story book, like Dr. Seuss (ha!) But no, I'm serious, grab a book that is simple, and sit down and read it slowly to yourself, in a boring monotonous voice. Read with your mouth open, and you should notice that you'll be yawning like crazy.

After reading and yawning for a while, you should find yourself in a pretty drowsy mood. Stand up, relax your whole body, and tell yourself, that this time it's different. This time, you can sleep! Your body and your mind, they know how you sleep, but you haven't believed it for a while. Just try to make sure that you are drowsy before bed, and over time you should be able to get confidence and focus back. I talk about this like it's some kind of sports thing with all the motivation and stuff, but it's all important. Focus and confidence is needed for going to sleep too.

There are also other things to avoid like stress. I talk about a bunch of really important stuff in my resource "Get Sleep Get Energy." Check out the ritual I use to start getting to sleep faster. Click Here GetSleepGetEnergy.com.

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