So ended a comment on my recent posts. I've been hearing from so many people that I'm not the only one night waking. We've talked about the possibility that it's seasonal. That it has to do with the disruption, chaos, and uncertainty in the culture. That just about every element in life feels more fraught.
I've been developing a toolbox. I've got Epsom salts and Lithium baths, essential oils, Lush Dream Cream, a night-time "tea" from Flying Bird Botanicals, an arsenal of Calm App sleep stories, meditations, binaural sounds, and woozy music. I've ordered a Calm Carry device and some magnesium drink powders. Now I'm looking at a weighted panda hug buddy. Apparently, they lower Cortisol. And recently, someone mentioned Ashwaganda. To help lower cortisol.
What I've noticed is the more sleep deprived I get the more anxious I get. The more anxious I get, the more diffiult the night waking becomes. It's a wicked circle, and I'm getting dizzy from it. And headachey.
Tonight I put a simmer pot on the stove . . . with orange slices, cinnamon sticks, mulling spices, rosemary, and bay leaves. It's a nice idea, but I think simpler would have been better. Maybe orange slices and rosemary. A quarter of a cinnamon stick instead of four of them. Maybe I'll dig out my beeswax candles. I should probably stop watching the Vampire Diaries.
Fall-ing In Love: 40 Days of Noticing is a daily writing practice that opens a landscape of discovery into my own human experience.
Katherine Cartwright has been blogging since 2012, and each day brings new wonders. She asks big questions of the small things in life.
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