“And then, just as my mind turns itself off, I twitch awake. I’m filled with disappointment. I was so close to a night of sweet nothingness, but now I’m back, eyes wide open in the dark. I dread the hours of boredom; I’m already worried about the tiredness of tomorrow.”

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Telling the brain to perform an act where it puts the body to sleep but also build in a mechanism to check up on that act, which causes it to be in its “awake” state, is not only ironic but also the funniest joke that the universe could pull on us. It’s ingenious. But, it sure is mean when we’re laying awake at night.

What is the answer to sleep then? To not think about it? That’s probably part of the equation. How do you get to that point is the next question.