Getting Some Good Sleep

I’m the kind of person who gets so excited about events and projects that I make myself ill, and this year is the biggest event/project of my life as I am getting married. Event planning is probably one of my favourite things to do, I love everything that surrounds an event; the planning, decorations, what to wear, even budgeting as it means I get to be creative. Every night my mind is zooming, so Iv started keeping a note pad on my bedside table for all the thoughts and 'amazing' ideas (which are rubbish but seem totally amazing and so exciting just as Im falling asleep) zooming around my head, then I don’t have to think about them anymore and can get to sleep. 

Iv been trying a few other things lately and I’m noticing some small improvements. We have a street light directly outside our bedroom window, so we have blackout curtains (which aren’t the most efficient at blacking out light) so we also have a blackout blind from Ikea. Both together do not completely black out the light so we will be installing another blackout blind at some point.

One thing I absolutely love and notice an instant effect, is from applying Magnesium oil just before I go to bed. I used to use Magnesium oil on my sore muscles after working out, as it really takes the edge off the pain for the next day. It wasn’t until I heard about applying it to your chest to help get a deep sleep that it started making a huge difference to my sleep quality. At first I thought it was quite scary as Magnesium oil helps your muscles to relax and by applying to my chest I would be relaxing my heart muscle, but I was curious so I gave it a go. When I woke up, I felt like I'd had the most deepest sweetest sleep, it’s like I’d finally quenched my thirst for rest and got a decent nights sleep instead of feeling like shit every morning. It feels so good to have this kind of sleep, but it still isn’t easy to get up from. You can also rub it over your shoulders and neck as these points can get tight from stress everyday. One thing to note however is that it can be slightly itchy to wear, but you can wash it off after 10mins and still get the same effect.

Before bed I try to make sure I have everything ready for the next day, and to have my flat as tidy as possible so that I’m not stressed before I leave the house in the morning. I also like to drink a tea, either Mint or Camomile, Camomile tea is my favourite about 30mins before I get into bed as I find it has a slightly calming effect and makes me start to get sleepy, it’s also nice to have something warm to drink. I have my favourite brand 'Pukka' (the tea bags look posh but aren't too expensive) and we only own mugs that we love which are from Ikea, it's these little touches that make it feel more comforting and self indulgent. I try to get out of our second bedroom that we use as an office at least an hour before bed, as we use daylight bulbs in there which emit blue light and help to keep you alert and awake. I often go in the living room and sit on the sofa with the cats with the room half lit, with a magazine, I only read Mollie Makes (I shouldn’t actually read this as it makes me overexcited about making stuff) You may have noticed that I have slipped out of this habit anyway as I have been uploading blogs every evening this year.

Those are just a few of the things I do regularly to help get me off to sleep and make me feel rested, I'm still working on actually getting out of bed in the morning!