Comments on: How to Change Your Life http://childwild.com/2010/02/08/how-to-change-your-life/ embracing the wild heart of parenting Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sierra http://childwild.com/2010/02/08/how-to-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 Sierra Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:13:08 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=3103#comment-2115 I don't sleep much myself. 5 1/2 hours last night and I feel pretty well-rested today because I got to sleep that 5 1/2 hours continuously.<br><br>I am also freaked out about getting into bed before I'm so tired I can't stand up, and the way I deal with it (to the extent that I do, which is not so well), is to ritualize bedtime. I try to do the same set of things every night in the hour or so before bed: Finish up work for the night, brush teeth, get in bed, read or journal in bed for twenty minutes. <br><br>Things that are supposed to help ready for sleep: writing down a retrospective of what you did during the day, as a way to let go of the tension you're carrying about that experience, stretching in a peaceful way, saying a prayer or meditation. I don't sleep much myself. 5 1/2 hours last night and I feel pretty well-rested today because I got to sleep that 5 1/2 hours continuously.

I am also freaked out about getting into bed before I'm so tired I can't stand up, and the way I deal with it (to the extent that I do, which is not so well), is to ritualize bedtime. I try to do the same set of things every night in the hour or so before bed: Finish up work for the night, brush teeth, get in bed, read or journal in bed for twenty minutes.

Things that are supposed to help ready for sleep: writing down a retrospective of what you did during the day, as a way to let go of the tension you're carrying about that experience, stretching in a peaceful way, saying a prayer or meditation.

]]> By: Sierra http://childwild.com/2010/02/08/how-to-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 Sierra Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:13:08 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=3103#comment-1405 I don't sleep much myself. 5 1/2 hours last night and I feel pretty well-rested today because I got to sleep that 5 1/2 hours continuously.<br><br>I am also freaked out about getting into bed before I'm so tired I can't stand up, and the way I deal with it (to the extent that I do, which is not so well), is to ritualize bedtime. I try to do the same set of things every night in the hour or so before bed: Finish up work for the night, brush teeth, get in bed, read or journal in bed for twenty minutes. <br><br>Things that are supposed to help ready for sleep: writing down a retrospective of what you did during the day, as a way to let go of the tension you're carrying about that experience, stretching in a peaceful way, saying a prayer or meditation. I don't sleep much myself. 5 1/2 hours last night and I feel pretty well-rested today because I got to sleep that 5 1/2 hours continuously.

I am also freaked out about getting into bed before I'm so tired I can't stand up, and the way I deal with it (to the extent that I do, which is not so well), is to ritualize bedtime. I try to do the same set of things every night in the hour or so before bed: Finish up work for the night, brush teeth, get in bed, read or journal in bed for twenty minutes.

Things that are supposed to help ready for sleep: writing down a retrospective of what you did during the day, as a way to let go of the tension you're carrying about that experience, stretching in a peaceful way, saying a prayer or meditation.

]]> By: Sierra http://childwild.com/2010/02/08/how-to-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Sierra Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:13:08 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=3103#comment-1059 I don't sleep much myself. 5 1/2 hours last night and I feel pretty well-rested today because I got to sleep that 5 1/2 hours continuously.<br><br>I am also freaked out about getting into bed before I'm so tired I can't stand up, and the way I deal with it (to the extent that I do, which is not so well), is to ritualize bedtime. I try to do the same set of things every night in the hour or so before bed: Finish up work for the night, brush teeth, get in bed, read or journal in bed for twenty minutes. <br><br>Things that are supposed to help ready for sleep: writing down a retrospective of what you did during the day, as a way to let go of the tension you're carrying about that experience, stretching in a peaceful way, saying a prayer or meditation. I don't sleep much myself. 5 1/2 hours last night and I feel pretty well-rested today because I got to sleep that 5 1/2 hours continuously.

I am also freaked out about getting into bed before I'm so tired I can't stand up, and the way I deal with it (to the extent that I do, which is not so well), is to ritualize bedtime. I try to do the same set of things every night in the hour or so before bed: Finish up work for the night, brush teeth, get in bed, read or journal in bed for twenty minutes.

Things that are supposed to help ready for sleep: writing down a retrospective of what you did during the day, as a way to let go of the tension you're carrying about that experience, stretching in a peaceful way, saying a prayer or meditation.

]]> By: Beth Terry http://childwild.com/2010/02/08/how-to-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Beth Terry Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:15:56 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=3103#comment-1058 This may sound funny, but I want to be the kind of person who gets 7-1/2 hours of sleep at night. I think I have been sleep deprived for my entire adult life. (I'm 45.) This post is really great. I always wonder how productive and efficient I would be in my waking hours if I were well-rested. Any suggestions related to sleep? (Besides the usual stuff that sleep experts recommend like not eating at night, etc.) I'm thinking more about psychological motivation.<br><br>Maybe I should start journaling my feelings around sleep. What freaks me out about getting into bed before I am so tired I can't stand up. This may sound funny, but I want to be the kind of person who gets 7-1/2 hours of sleep at night. I think I have been sleep deprived for my entire adult life. (I'm 45.) This post is really great. I always wonder how productive and efficient I would be in my waking hours if I were well-rested. Any suggestions related to sleep? (Besides the usual stuff that sleep experts recommend like not eating at night, etc.) I'm thinking more about psychological motivation.

Maybe I should start journaling my feelings around sleep. What freaks me out about getting into bed before I am so tired I can't stand up.

]]> By: GimliGirl http://childwild.com/2010/02/08/how-to-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 GimliGirl Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:50:13 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=3103#comment-1042 I emptied most of my garage with the mental intent that I want a car in there as soon as we can afford one (though your post on living car free is making me reconsider!). Unfortunately, my garage has refilled with STUFF that I need to donate/get rid of. I emptied most of my garage with the mental intent that I want a car in there as soon as we can afford one (though your post on living car free is making me reconsider!). Unfortunately, my garage has refilled with STUFF that I need to donate/get rid of.

]]> By: rebeccaweger http://childwild.com/2010/02/08/how-to-change-your-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 rebeccaweger Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:59:34 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=3103#comment-1041 The most important piece for me is around your bullet for writing things down. For me that translates into journaling about the issues and my feelings about them. Then I dig into noticing. Finding ways to pay attention to what is happening, what choices I'm making, and what is spurring those choices. <br><br>Right now I'm exploring a possible connection between my diet and an ongoing health problem. In order to see what I'm doing, I've recorded everything I've eaten this year. I find that for me that naturally spurs change - even if my intention was only to observe! But I'm also paying a lot of attention to my resistance, and what other contexts influence what choices I make and how I feel about them. That helps me get at the heart of the matter, and also identifies where I need to make compromises. Right now, I'm eating more packaged food than I like, but it's the most viable pathway to achieve a different goal at this time. The most important piece for me is around your bullet for writing things down. For me that translates into journaling about the issues and my feelings about them. Then I dig into noticing. Finding ways to pay attention to what is happening, what choices I'm making, and what is spurring those choices.

Right now I'm exploring a possible connection between my diet and an ongoing health problem. In order to see what I'm doing, I've recorded everything I've eaten this year. I find that for me that naturally spurs change – even if my intention was only to observe! But I'm also paying a lot of attention to my resistance, and what other contexts influence what choices I make and how I feel about them. That helps me get at the heart of the matter, and also identifies where I need to make compromises. Right now, I'm eating more packaged food than I like, but it's the most viable pathway to achieve a different goal at this time.

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