When I can’t fall asleep it’s usually because my mind is racing and worrying about things so I just put on a podcast that’s only mildly interesting enough to distract me but not get me fully engaged.
I do low volume old radio shows, Vincent Price in The Saint puts me down in about 10 minutes, CBS mystery theater can do it in 4. Just interesting enough, usually no big volume shifts and I love the music.
Another trick for the same problem is to tell yourself “this is not the time for that, I’ll worry about it later”. If that doesn’t work then yeah, a boring distraction usually does the trick.
When I can’t fall asleep it’s usually because my mind is racing and worrying about things so I just put on a podcast that’s only mildly interesting enough to distract me but not get me fully engaged.
I do low volume old radio shows, Vincent Price in The Saint puts me down in about 10 minutes, CBS mystery theater can do it in 4. Just interesting enough, usually no big volume shifts and I love the music.
Another trick for the same problem is to tell yourself “this is not the time for that, I’ll worry about it later”. If that doesn’t work then yeah, a boring distraction usually does the trick.