A Somewhat Systematic Cataloguing of Systematic Approaches to Everything
Wake up early on Sunday mornings.
The advantages of this are you can more fully enjoy the weekend if awake. You have less stress getting your work done that needs to be ready for the week. You can fall asleep early so the shock of getting up Monday is smaller.
Lying in bed is an ok time to read. I would recommend against it for serious reading, as dozing is a serious obstacle to focused active reading, but reading at night is nonetheless a great pleasure.
Keep a non-fiction book, a novel, and an “agentive” book. I don’t think agentive is an official word, but I’m using it here to describe any book that acts as an agent of change in your life in whatever aspect. This could include a self-help book, or a religious book, or a how-to book. Having a non-fiction book (information), a novel (entertainment), and an agentive book (instructions) on the nightstand gives you a full range of options depending on what mood you are in when you hit the propped up pillows.
A journal, and a couple of magazines are also great to have on your nightstand. Computer in bed is no good, and we all know that. Use this precious time to connect with solid information, real characters, or truly deep and inspirational instruction of whatever variety after a long day of fast, superficial information from the internet.
When a book has hooked you, I don’t think staying up has any negative effect on your health. I think, somehow, staying up all night reading has the same regenerative effect as sleeping or meditating. Is it just me, or is this other peoples’ experience?
Sleep with the window closed most of the time. Occasionally sleep with the window open.
If it’s really muggy outside, having the window open will only serve to make you hotter and less comfortable. Be sure to close the window and create a good seal.
If it’s not too muggy, g’head, open it.
system N1.1.5
Lie in bed on your back meditating until the signal for sleep hits. Roll onto your side, and fall asleep.
system M1.1.89
Get a Zen alarm clock and let it wake you up gradually through a series of chiming that progressives along a span of time timed out by the golden mean.
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