Welcome to bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which nothing much happens. You feel good, and

then you fall asleep. I'm Catherine Nikolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.

My book, also called Nothing Much Happens, is available wherever books are sold.

Thank you for your support.

Now, let me tell you a bit about how to use this podcast.

It's designed to help you quiet down your mind and ease into sleep.

It does that by giving your mind a place to rest that isn't the tangle of thoughts you might have been caught in all day

The story is simple and not much happens in it.

So just follow along with my voice and the soft details of the story.

And before you know it, you'll be waking up tomorrow, feeling refreshed and

recharged. I'll tell the story twice, and the second time through I'll go a little slower.

We're training your brain along the way and the more you use the stories, the faster you'll settle and sleep.

So have a bit of patience if you are new to this.

Our story tonight is called Clean Slate, and it's a story about a room of one's

own. It's also about a jade plant on a window sill, a bit of still useful old technology

and figuring out what's worth keeping and what's not.

Now turn off your light.

Put away anything you've been looking at and snuggle your body down into your favorite

sleeping position. Pull the blanket over your shoulder and tuck your pillow in just the way you like it.

If you tend to clench your jaw when you sleep, place the tip of your tongue at the spot where your top teeth meet the gums on the inside.

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