d ritual is to brush your teeth. Many adults run all day long, avoiding their problematic issues so they can focus and take care of business. Then they bedtime rolls around, they abrupYou may be asking why you have to plan ahead for bedtime. If you don’t plan, bedtime sneaks up on you. Bedtime comes and goes, and you’ll still be gallivanting around the house trying to get one last chore done, play one more computer game, or hear the last joke on your favorite late night talk show. Meanwhile, your exhausted brain and body are crying out for the rest, but you’re so busy being busy you ignores them. When you do finally fall into bed, you aren’t relaxed. Your brain is still spinning a mile a minute. So, instead of sleeping, you lie there and twitch like a Mexican jumping bean.

You may be like some adult who seem to have forgotten about the importance of pre-sleep ritual. Perhaps your only remaining childhood ritual is to brush your teeth. Many adults run all day long, avoiding their problematic issues so they can focus and take care of business. Then they bedtime rolls around, they abrupt

to get one last chore done, play one more computer game, or hear the last joke on your favorite late night talk show. Meanwhile, your exhausted brain and body are crying out for the rest, but you’re so busy being busy you ignores them. When you do finally fall into bed, you aren’t relaxed. Your brain is still spinning a mile a minute. So, instead of sleeping, you lie there and twitch like a Mexican jumping bean.

You may be like some adult who seem to have forgotten about the importance of pre-sleep ritual. Perhaps your only remaining childhood ritual is to brush your teeth. Many adults run all day long, avoiding their problematic issues so they can focus and take care of business. Then they bedtime rolls around, they abrup

t, but you’re so busy being busy you ignores them. When you do finally fall into bed, you aren’t relaxed. Your brain is still spinning a mile a minute. So, instead of sleeping, you lie there and twitch like a Mexican jumping bean.

You may be like some adult who seem to have forgotten about the importance of pre-sleep ritual. Perhaps your only remaining childhood ritual is to brush your teeth. Many adults run all day long, avoiding their problematic issues so they can focus and take care of business. Then they bedtime rolls around, they abrup

there and twitch like a Mexican jumping bean.

You may be like some adult who seem to have forgotten about the importance of pre-sleep ritual. Perhaps your only remaining childhood ritual is to brush your teeth. Many adults run all day long, avoiding their problematic issues so they can focus and take care of business. Then they bedtime rolls around, they abrup

d ritual is to brush your teeth. Many adults run all day long, avoiding their problematic issues so they can focus and take care of business. Then they bedtime rolls around, they abruptly stop and leap into bed, switching off the light as they hit the mattress. They expect to fall asleep immediately, but of course, they often don’t. All the problematic they avoided thinking about as well as a few mini crises that cropped up during the day come flooding into their consciousness. The net result is sleeplessness.

As you start to put together a bedtime routine, keep in mind activities that appeal to you. If you come up with routine full of activities you don’t like, then you routine will fail and you’ll end up just as sleepless as ever. Maybe you already have some good nighttime habits, but some stressful event or deadline pressure has thrown you off regular schedule. Make up your mind to put yourself and yo