maoriboy 0 Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Here I am at 1:45am on a Saturday night, sitting at home drinking beer and wondering "What the hell am I doing up at this time"??? so any suggestions about what you do if you cant sleep.....apart from fish around on the SJ Forums trying to kill time till you feel sleepy????? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Not telling Actually I've not slept well since coming back to Japan. Find myself on the web very early morning like now, couldn't sleep. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Bad problem to have. The few times I've had it, I've switched on some music, a movie or had a read. Link to post Share on other sites
Weegeoff 0 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 nookie Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Author Share Posted August 17, 2004 Nookie......difficult to find in the wee hours of the morning with the heat and lack of aircon in my apartment makes that a non option so Rach why no tell??? or is something you have to tell in person? Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Author Share Posted August 17, 2004 Nookie......difficult to find in the wee hours of the morning with the heat and lack of aircon in my apartment makes that a non option so Rach why no tell??? or is something you have to tell in person? Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 isnt Mrs Palmer and her four lovely daughters up for nookie aye Maoriboy? Link to post Share on other sites
ug 0 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 I have NO problems sleeping unless theres no aircon in summer - then BIG problems. Mine was broken for a short while in July and it was hell. Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Author Share Posted August 18, 2004 nah kamo I find that typing is rather difficult when the hands are full...ummmm I mean, SO Ive heard Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 hey maoriboy, try watching a (boring)foreign film. reading the subtitles will have ya off in tha `Land of Nod` in next to know time. esp. coupled with a cuppla malt sangas. works for me. GOOD LUCK Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by kamo: Mrs Palmer and her four lovely daughters In my country that Palmer woman has 5 daughters. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Dear Britain: Quote: Originally posted by kamo: Mrs Palmer and her four lovely daughters In my country that Palmer woman has 5 daughters. where I am from there are four lovely daughters and the fat one, I left the fat one out of it, but if you must drag in in..... Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 I feel sorry for the people who have sleeping problem. I can sleep anywhere, anytime. In my case, abdominal breathing always makes me sleepy. I learned how to breath in and out deeply through my nose from Yoga. It feels so good. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 I'm sure my ms grungy could sleep upside down. Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I'm waking up real early recently, today being a good example. I like the mornings a lot, but wouldn't mind getting an extra hour or two in. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I couldn't sleep last night so I wrote some emails I've been meaning to get round to writing. It worked-reading is usually good too. Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 yeah I woke up at 6ish this morning too. I decided that actually getting up is better than trying to stay in bed and sleep and then feeling like shit when I cant. oh well at least the Olympics are on to keep me amused....that and my cat who insists on annoying me by sleeping on my chest grrrrrrr Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I have been trying to find justification recently for only 4 hours sleep per night. Many very famous and smart people have needed only short sleeps. I tried it and it destroyed me. Sometimes I wish I only needs 4 hours rest. I would be up at 4am each day and by the time the sun came up I would have lived a multitude of experiences. It would be like having two days in one and would allow so much more living outside of the daily time at work. This topic has been well discussed on the forum. At this stage I cant find any healthy way to get by on 4 hours sleep each night. I just have to face the fact that I want to do more with my daily life than time will permit: - work and earn money - do the necessary train commute - do exercise - cook good food - eat the good food - read for enjoyment - do some study/research (I have lost of study to do) - meditate, or at least sit with a completely empty mind for 30 minutes each morning and night, - spend some time outside in nature, - practice the piano, - get 8 hours sleep I have not even mentioned doing mundane life admin tasks, let alone having a sex life or time to socialise. It is impossible. In a way not being able to sleep would be a blessing. I would love to wake up at 4am charged and ready to go for the day. Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I wish I could get away with less sleep as well but I just feel awful when I go without lots of sleep. I don't know how these people can do with so little. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Good ol' cones always help when i'm having trouble sleeping. Link to post Share on other sites
jstepp 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 uhhh melatonin werks fer me Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Mr Britain, Are you learning piano? way cool. Are you renting a piano at your place? Melatonin helps me with jetlag. I've been thinking about taking it lately. For some reason I've found myself on the graveyard shift the past few weeks, while working on a project on my computer - usually going to sleep sometime after dawn. I guess I like the undisturbing nite hours, however I also like being awake during normal daylight hours, and I've been trying to change my habits back to normal, so far to no avail. Last nite I was determined to get an early night cos I really wanted to go out early and paint, so I took a relatively early nite at 2am, but do you think I could sleep? Nope. I got up and wrote in my journal for an hour. That usually gets me back to sleep, but nope, not this time. So I did a bodyrolling workout (stretching/rolling on a small ball) which usually relaxes me. It did, but still couldn't sleep. Dawn was creeping in, so I thought I may as well pack all my paints in case I was able to able to muster up enough energy to go out painting early without having slept. Ha! no way. I conked out around 7am, woke up at 1.30pm. I would probably do well travelling to Europe right now, I wouldn't get any jet lag... At any rate, now it's too windy to paint. I'll probably dig out the melatonin tonite, since I'm not likely to be going to Europe in the next few months..... Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Dear Britain: I just have to face the fact that I want to do more with my daily life than time will permit: - work and earn money Dont we all DB, dont we all, but just think in your grand plan, in 8 years the work and earn money will be gone, replaced by invest and earn money and you will be rid of the big chunk of time wasting - work. Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty Im free at last...... Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by sunrise: Mr Britain, Are you learning piano? way cool. Are you renting a piano at your place? Well, that's about the most enthusiastic thing anyone has said about me in ay length of time. Way cool indeed. I should have said keyboard, not piano. remember a while back I was asking about basic MIDI keyboards? Well I got one plus some piano tuition software, I am not actually taking any proper lessons. I suppose i don't actually aim at becoming a piano player, I just want to be able to tap out tunes and understand musical structure. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 a cone can help at times butthe body still needs a certain amount of sleep. db I wish I had your goals in life at times I just dont care what I do. Link to post Share on other sites
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