8. Count lamb … or whatever.
Waking up at 3a.m.? Anahad O’Connor had advice for that dilemma too, like limiting your alcohol input and reducing caffeine. Our compendiums had other tips Maria De Angelo, a schoolteacher in Los Angeles who also renovates houses, said she closes her eyes and thinks of a complicated electrical wiring scheme in a kitchen she formerly repaired. The internal exercise induces tedium, much like counting lamb, which helps her drift back to sleep. On other nights, to mix effects up,Ms. De Angelo shuts her eyes and recites the names of every state in America in alphabetical order. “ I have n’t yet made it once‘N, ’” she said. “ Either system — or both — will work 95 percent of the time.”
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