Today there are a multitude of recommendations for combatting insomnia.
Counting sheep was traditionally a suggested method for calming the mind to get to sleep. More recently it has been suggested to count something you know, something you’re familiar with in everyday life.
I’m a clothing designer so that would be straight pins. So, I count them as if I were sorting them on the sewing table, one by one. I reach a certain point and then I find myself beginning to imagine sticking them into certain people I have known.
Sweet solace as all hope for sleep is abandoned.
