Sleep Sliding Away: A Battle I Wasn't Going to Win

This comes from a period in my life when sleep and I were no longer on speaking terms.Once insomnia settled in, it had a way of making even the most questionable ideas feel perfectly reasonable—particularly at two in the morning.In this tale from Clarence Mills, a simple desire for rest turns into a steadily escalating series of attempts to outsmart one’s own brain, involving podcasts, white noise, flexible medical advice, and the firm belief that one more small adjustment might finally do the trick.It never does.If you’ve ever found yourself wide awake, convinced the solution was just one tiny change away…If you’ve ever negotiated with sleep as though it might be open to compromise…If you’ve ever greeted the morning with a plan that seemed much wiser in the dark…You may feel very much at home here.I’ll be right here Thursday morning with another Clarence Mills tale. And if you’d like the next one to arrive without any effort at all, you’re always welcome to follow along.