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I am sleeping regularly again! Imagine that one! I know I have some other insomniacs who have commented on my late-night posts in which I have consistently whined about my inability to sleep. It started about eight years ago, and I recently made some major changes in my life that to my utter delight are producing the ability to sleep. Is it complete exhaustion? It's possible since I've been slightly overwhelmed almost every day. Is it happiness and peace of mind? That's possible, too, since these changes involve a lot of transitions in some very positive directions. Even with my workload being a little over the top, I have started to find a lot of peace. The real lesson here: if you have unresolved issues in your life maybe it's time to resolve them. I do believe that the resolution, actions to change my life, and forward motion are what have brought me a great deal of peace. Unanswered and unresolved questions tend to hang out in our minds like uninvited interlopers. I...

Another bout of insomnia later ... and I decided to make a little list of things I do when Tinker Bell forgets the magic fairy dust and doesn't give me tickets to the Sleep Train. See if you can relate to my list. 1. Lay in bed and worry 2. Lay in bed and worry some more 3. Lay in bed and worry some more and get up and grab a drink of water 4. Lay in bed and worry some more then decide chocolate sounds good 5. Lay in bed and worry some more then get up and grab more water 6. Lay in bed and worry and remember who I forgot to buy Christmas presents for this year 7. Lay in bed and worry that I worry too much and how unhealthy that is for my mind 8. Lay in bed and worry that I'm attracting more worry to my life 9. Lay in bed and worry that I'm going to get fat from the chocolate I consumed at midnight 10. Lay in bed and worry and finally fall asleep from worry and exhaustion Tomorrow's topic: what I write about when I can't think of what to write about.