It's really easy to blame poor sleep on outside variables. There are people in my circle of friends who tell me they never sleep well. They seem surprised when I share my ideas about how their own brains may be the culprits. Every time you say, "I have sleep insomnia," your brain hears you and responds. What if you instead said, "I'm getting better at sleeping," What do you think might happen?
I have proof that this works - eleven months of data showing a positive trend. I'm using every trick in the book. Sleep affirmations. Sleep rituals. Sleep meditations. Smart watch sleep tracking. Revised sleep habits. Consistent bedtimes. Soon there will be a smart ring in my future to make sure the data is accurate as my smart watch sometimes fails.
My average sleep time in November, 2023, the first month of sleep tracking, was five hours, thirty minutes. The last three months of this year reveal sleep time averages of seven hours twenty minutes for August and September followed by seven hours and eleven minutes for the current month of October. This is a bit of a surprise to me as most of my sleep scores for the month of October have been recorded away from home.
The best recommendation I can make based on eleven months of sleep experiments is to begin telling your brain you are getting better at sleeping. Let your brain be your ally. I would love to hear about your results. Have a great day.
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