| Did you work hard yesterday? Did you play hard? At | | | | solution is too simple. When the solution seems too |
| the end of the day did you have a sense of | | | | simple we do not feel the need to practice the solution. |
| accomplishment? And when you finally crawled into | | | | Of course this thinking is incorrect and it is at the heart |
| bed did you sleep through the night and wake | | | | of why we may not be sleeping well. |
| refreshed and ready to go? If you did you are indeed | | | | Often what appears to be simple is complex and is |
| fortunate because it seems that you have mastered | | | | not easy, especially if it involves a change in our |
| the art of sleeping well. | | | | lifestyle. We do not change our lifestyle by simply |
| It may sound incongruent to call sleeping an art, but not | | | | saying I will bring more balance to my life; I will exercise |
| to those of you who do not sleep well, or not to those | | | | more vigorously; I will engage myself more mentally; I |
| of you who wake up feeling tired and edgy, nor to | | | | will work and play with greater passion. |
| those of you who would give anything for a really | | | | Lifestyle changes are difficult to implement. And we |
| good night's sleep. | | | | need to be told they are difficult to implement because |
| It is not a well known fact that the necessary prelude | | | | too often we are told lifestyle changes are easy. Look |
| to sleeping well is having a well balanced day. | | | | at all the weight loss plans in advertisements that claim |
| Balancing the right amount of physical exertion, mental | | | | dieting to be an easy lifestyle adjustment! It is not easy |
| stimulation, and play (?) to gain a feeling of | | | | as they so claim! |
| accomplishment is the key to a healthy night's sleep. | | | | We need to practice lifestyle change just as we |
| But unfortunately, if you are not now sleeping well | | | | practice skills in the other areas of our lives. Are you |
| merely being cognizant of this fact will not result in a | | | | up for a challenge? Are you willing to select just one |
| good night's sleep. It will take practice at becoming | | | | needed lifestyle change to practice this week? And |
| more physical, more mental, and more attuned to a | | | | then stick with it? Is not practicing a beneficial lifestyle |
| sense of daily accomplishments. | | | | change as worthy as practicing your golf swing or |
| Being aware is the first stage of change. However, | | | | your tennis stroke? I can assure you that it is. |
| we cannot stop at this first stage of learning and | | | | Practicing new lifestyle habits will help you to not only |
| expect that awareness alone will bring results. The | | | | sleep better, but will help you create a more vital |
| results are in the implementation. Although we know | | | | vigorous lifestyle? |
| this to be true, the problem arises when we think the | | | | |