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I’m still afraid of monsters…

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I’ve been sleeping incredibly well lately, which is a beautiful experience. Too bad I’m asleep for most of it. ;) teeheeee!!

But, there have been–and are–and will be–moments where I’m painfully awake. Mind-racing. Stirring. Wandering. Or specific. Thinking about those things, whatever they are at whatever time, that keeps me awake at night.

For most of these moments, I’m overwhelmed… I’m staring, not at the ceiling, but figuratively at a something that seems impossible–that’s “bigger than me” in some way. And I’m gonna fail in creativity, work, relationships. Those are my big categories. Everything falls into those three importances. And, well… I guess I’m scared. I guess the kid in me who refused to close her eyes for fear that Aliens were going to get her, now looks at the world through grown-up eyes and can’t sleep because of the “monsters” that are out there.

I guess my monster is failure.

What’s your monster? What keeps you up at night?

2. Get to know yourself

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*screenshot of  blank diary entry

For a while now, I haven’t really known what’s going on in my brain. That’s a huge reason why I took a “selah” last week.

To know myself better, I’ve recently started “journaling” – but not like what typical people do when they journal. Been keeping a record of my inner-workings for about two months now, and it’s really helping. It’s helping me pay attention to what happens each day and how it affects me.

My atypical approach is a piece of software called “Chronories.” I stumbled into being the guinea-pig for this German software dev company to re-write a version that would work with my Mac. More on that later…

Back to the journal and how it’s revolutionized my self-awareness.

Among a few other features that help me keep track of my life, these are the seven questions I quickly ask myself at the end of the day. It usually takes about 5 minutes. So, for those of you who are on this Selah journey with me this week, it’s time to answer a few questions. Use the comments, or feel free to turn this into a blog post and link back here, so we can keep track.

  • What was your HIGH today? (meaning, what was your highest most exciting experience today)
  • Your LOW? (what was your toughest moment)
  • What FOOD have you eaten?
  • What are you PONDERING?
  • Have you had any MOOD SWINGS through the day? (fellas, you can answer this one too)
  • How did you SLEEP last night?
  • Did you make any personal decisions (or RESOLUTIONS) today?
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Whatever Wednesday 10.28.09

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Is it Wednesday already? wow.

Ok. So we closed last week’s fantastic round of “Whatever Wednesday” with a question from Dan, who is an old college buddy of mine:

What is the biggest sleep “reducer” in your life?

What a question. Seriously. This is the right time in my life to ask that, because I’m loosing quite a bit of sleep… mainly from everything that is on my mind. Moving. Goodbyes. Hellos. And a bit of other stuff that shouldn’t flood the blog world. But, yeah, stuff on my mind.

Now for today’s Whatever Wednesday!

The rules: You answer the last & ask the next. Come back as often as you’d like, until I close the comments tomorrow morning. mkay?

I always start with the first question, so the first commenter has something to work with: What do you do when you have a hard time falling asleep?

So, the first commenter will answer that question, then leave a new question for the next commenter.

GO!

Call Me Crazy: socks

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i have to wear them at night, or else i can’t sleep.

why? because my feet feel naked. duh.

i also have at least 3 pillows.

if i don’t have white noise, i’ll stuff earplugs in my ears.

and NOBODY MOVE (drew) if they’re (drew) in the bed with me, or else….

ok crazies.

let’s hear it!

do you have weird sleep needs??