5. Utilize a Sleep Script
You can unwind and sleep better if you use a sleep script. By combining the effectiveness of self-hypnosis and the power of encouraging affirmations, it achieves this.
Solution
To relax and reset your thinking, record yourself saying affirmations and then listen to them. The extra benefit of listening to yourself is that you won’t be open to unsolicited recommendations.
After all, we occasionally have a tendency to resist outside influence and prefer to think of ourselves as independent.
6. Start a Journal
One advantage of journaling is that it might help you sleep better. You’ll be letting out your stress and concentrating on encouraging thoughts at the same time. In other words, your main goal will be to think positively instead of negatively. After all, as we have already explored, words have meaning.
In addition, by writing down any concerns, you will encourage your brain to come up with answers. After all, when our brain is relaxed, it typically functions the best. For instance, the benzene ring’s structure was revealed to German chemist August Kekule in a dream.
“Of all the cases cited by psychiatrists, psychologists, and historians of science to illuminate the role of symbolism in creative thought, none is more famous than August Kekule’s somnolent vision of a snake biting its tail, a dream that supposedly revealed the true structure of the benzene ring to the German chemist,” wrote Malcolm W. Browne in the New York Times.
And stepping back, you may take advantage of this phenomena by shifting your attention while your mind is unknowingly working on an issue.
The Harvard psychiatrist Srini Pillay explores this issue in his book Tinker Dabble Doodle Try.
Solution
Create a diary and write in it every day at the same time. You may place a reminder on the kitchen table to help you remember.
In addition, if you journal every day at the same time, you will develop the habit of doing it without even thinking about it after about a month.
Additional Journaling Purposes
- Learn from the Past
- Assess Your Current Opportunities
- Imagine a Brighter Future
The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ writings, eventually published as Meditations—a classic of the Stoic philosophy—are only one historical example used by best-selling author Ryan Holiday to support his recommendation for journaling.
