The physical act of moving to different places this year, has illuminated so much for me. Moving to a better place in your life is just not an easy process. But it does take changing, either your mind, your circumstances (not always), your environment, your thoughts, etc.
The bed I sleep in at this house I'm renting is really comfortable and the room is dark and cozy. I don't know how good the mattress is, but it has a cushioned mattress pad on it, that makes me feel like I'm sleeping on a cloud. But last week I decided to get my down comforter out of my storage unit for the winter. Well, last night I put the comforter on, and between the cushy mattress and the comforter I felt like an angel enveloped in a cloud. It was magical how good I felt!!! What a wonderful nights sleep I had, but then it does make it a little harder to get out from underneath all this softness in the morning. :)
So many people have trouble sleeping, but most end up by just taking the quick fix - a pill. If you want to try a more effective, but maybe more difficult process, take a good look at your mattress and sleeping environment. What could be changed for the better? If you don't see anything immediately, just change everything. The position of the bed, the furniture in the room (definitely no clutter in the bedroom), the mattress, the wall color, the curtains, the smell, the rug, the pictures on the wall. If you just want to try changing the bed and don't want to buy a new mattress, here are the smaller things you can buy. New pillows. Many people are sleeping with a dead pillow. Yes, it is (was) your favorite pillow, but it has lost what originally made it your favorite, yet you won't let it go (this could be true of a lot of things in your life). So, I won't tell you to throw out your favorite pillow (yet), but go to the store and feel some new pillows. Buy 2 or 3 different ones and bring them to their new home. Surround your head and body with the new pillows. If you have someone you share the bed with, ask them to give you a night alone with your pillows. They should not be jealous, and if they are, then that could be another one of your problems :)
It always feels good to have a pillow between your knees if you sleep on your side, or under your knees if you sleep on your back. And then try holding onto one pillow (maybe your favorite dead one as you say goodbye to it).
The other thing to buy would be a new mattress pad, either feather, down or synthetic (if you have allergies) but the cushier the better. You might have noticed that many hotels use them now.
If you don't think you will like a comforter (and you don't like change), borrow someone's for the night. Just know that comforters come in all different varieties; feather, down, and all kinds of hypoallergenic materials. They also come in various weights and patterns. The diamond stitched or square stitched comforters hold the down in place so it doesn't shift all to one end. I highly recommend these. If you have a favorite blanket, you might just get a light (summer weight) comforter to add some cushiness to your sleep. Comforters still provide comfort when used with other blankets. The word "comfort" is what it's all about.
Some people don't know that they are not comfortable, because being uncomfortable is all they have ever known, and they accept that as the norm. We are all creatures of habit, but those people are particularly adverse to change for the better. This is because if they change one thing, they might see that their whole life needs some change and it probably does. If you are happy, but you make everyone around you miserable, you might be one of these people.
But let's just get back to sleeping. If you sleep with someone who snores, smells, thrashes around, gets up and down at night, falls asleep with the light on, or gets up and reads in the middle of the night, it might be time to opt for separate bedrooms. You probably aren't having much sex anyway. Very few people are sleep compatible and this is really O.K. I understand if you have kids it might be hard to have a separate bedroom, but I'm just trying to shake up your world. More about this another time. I need to go sit in the sun for a few minutes.
That would be a good name for my book "Shake Up Your World!!"
Create a garden
Create space
Sit on the floor
Go anyplace new!
Turn off the TV or Computer
Learn something new
Meet someone new
Read
Play
Move
Move
Move
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Oh Catherine, you are so right about beds! When I was 29 I went through a major life transformation. Before that I'd slept on old worn out mattresses, during the transition I was sleeping on a twin bed with a mattress I could feel the springs in. If I slept in one position too long I would be in pain! When I bought my house I vowed that I would wait until I could afford a good mattress and have a king sized bed. For over two years I slept on either an air mattress or the couch, which was fairly comfortable.
A few months back I finally could afford the bed of my dreams. I decided to go with a memory foam mattress after hearing co-workers who had made that move lament not doing it years sooner. I bought down alternative pillows and a down alternative comforter, and created what I refer to as the "princess bedroom" (because there is no master in this house).
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