Insomnia is an issue for me. The problem is that I love getting up in the early hours to read and write and drink coffee. The other problem is that I really need a nap later in the day and am not always able to take one.
This morning I woke up around 2:30, lay in bed until 3, got up and made a small pot of decaf coffee. I was able to go back to bed at 4 and slept until 6:30. I feel great.
A friend called me at 9:45 last night…which I found out this morning when I looked at my phone. She really needed to talk, her message said. I never heard the phone ring. It was on the other side of my closed bedroom door and I was already asleep for an hour. I have to do a better job of picking my friends – only people who have no chaos after nine o’clock at night. Have to get the word out.
When I wake up early like that, I make a cup of decaf camomile tea. It really works good for me. Try that and see. XXXX