If you’re anything like me, self-isolation has you doing twice as much at home as you ordinarily would… because – hey, let’s face it – other than the grocery store, there’s really nowhere else to go right now. You’ve probably cleaned, baked, crafted, exercised, worked from home, attended Zoom meetings and watched webinars until you have no choice but to collapse in a heap on the living room sofa at night.
And that’s where the trouble begins. As the clock ticks on, you’re too tired to get up, do the right thing and go to bed. Instead, you start listening to Spotify or watching the latest release on Netflix. Before you know it, it’s 11:30 or midnight, and you’ve done it again. You’ve broken your sleep curfew.
In a bold move to clean up my act, I recently decided that my sleep curfew would be 9:30. You guessed it; I didn’t make it into bed by 9:30 once last week.
Enter Dr. Seuss. You heard me. He actually wrote a book called Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book way back in 1962. I have a copy on my living room book shelf. As only he could, Seuss introduces us to all of the creatures in the world who are falling asleep: “Do you know who’s asleep out in Foona-Lagoona… ? Two very nice Foona-Lagoona Baboona.”
Dr. Seuss’s advice? Join the Biffer-Baum Birds, of course, and say: “I feel rather drowsy. I’ve had quite a day.”
Simple, effective, short and sweet. Sounds like a self-isolation mantra to me. 😀
