This Made Me Save 2+ Hours, Work 5X More And Fall Asleep In Under 10 Mins
It was 10PM on a Sunday night last month I had just finished my evening routine and I was ready to get to bed. I had done: Meditation Journaling Gratitude Journaling Worry Journaling Double Breathing Stretching Reading Warm Shower Everything in my evening/night routine was complete. And I was really tired. I said good-night to my parents, hugged them, then went straight to bed. I then prayed, put on my micropore tape, and huddled into bed. However, even tho I was really tired, thoughts then started to ensue my mind. But not just any thoughts, I was planning for tomorrow. โWhat am I gonna send to that guy?โ โWhat YouTube video am I going to script?โ โWhat graphic should I put in the thumbnail?โ โWhat Skool guide am I going to make?โ โShould the topic be on supplements for sleeping better?โ โOr on how to wake up feeling energized?โ Funny enough I was the one struggling with sleep at the time. I kept planning and planning and planning. And I had some pretty good ideas too. Problem was, was that I just wanted to sleep. But my mind wouldnโt let me. It just felt like forever where I could physically not fall asleep. I checked the time after a couple of hoursโฆ โ12AM??!โ And then another couple of hours, and another couple. Still planning. I end up waking up late the next morning, and guess what? I canโt remember anything from the night before. I then picked up my phone out of my bed, and did the worst possible thing: scrolling. I started on YouTube, then onto instagram. A few hours pass by, and Iโm still trying to figure out what I should do, however, I come across this short that captivates me. Itโs this podcast by this sleep scientist I know: Matthew Walker And heโs talking about how when you have poor sleep, because itโs responsible for your cognition and memory, if you lose out on sleep, youโre not going to be able to remember things as clearly. Then I thought, โoh shit, thatโs why I canโt remember my plansโฆโ