Mastering Sleep

Changing all our bad habits regarding sleep is not something we can achieve quickly. As with any other self-destructive pattern, making a lasting change requires taking small daily steps toward our goal.

In the same way that a good day starts the night before, learning how to deal with  stress throughout the day will impact how we sleep at night.

As Marcus Aurelius put it, 

"Do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it." 

"When we wake up in bed on Monday morning and think of the various hurtles we have to jump that day, immediately we feel sad, bored, and bothered. Whereas actually, we're just lying in bed." -Alan Watts, The Philosophies of Asia

Here is hoping that this Monday goes smashingly for all of us!