1. Read something mind-numbing/yet mildly interesting. Like the Trader Joe's catalog. I do this in bed with a mini flashlight and think up recipes for each entry. Or other cookbooks. This engages my brain enough so I don't get out of bed, but not enough to keep my brain firing firing firing and eventually I will start to nod off. My anthropology and mythology textbooks are good for this too, the denser the better, because I'll start to think of worldbuilding ideas and then Zzzzzzzz.
2. I do a meditation-type thingy where I close my eyes and focus on the color blobby things. Do you see those floaty things. It won't work if you don't see those. I change their colors. It's very relaxing. And then when I start getting sleepy I make it all go black and then find the stars, like pinpricks of light beyond the black. It's very soothing and I usually drop right off after I find the stars.
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Date: 2011-08-14 08:06 pm (UTC)My two best strategies currently:
1. Read something mind-numbing/yet mildly interesting. Like the Trader Joe's catalog. I do this in bed with a mini flashlight and think up recipes for each entry. Or other cookbooks. This engages my brain enough so I don't get out of bed, but not enough to keep my brain firing firing firing and eventually I will start to nod off. My anthropology and mythology textbooks are good for this too, the denser the better, because I'll start to think of worldbuilding ideas and then Zzzzzzzz.
2. I do a meditation-type thingy where I close my eyes and focus on the color blobby things. Do you see those floaty things. It won't work if you don't see those. I change their colors. It's very relaxing. And then when I start getting sleepy I make it all go black and then find the stars, like pinpricks of light beyond the black. It's very soothing and I usually drop right off after I find the stars.