Welcome to bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai.

I read and write all the stories you hear on nothing much happens, with audio engineering

by Bob Witterschheim.

Write merch, bonus, and ad-free episodes all at nothingmuchappens.com.

Now I have a story to tell you, and the story is simple, without much action, but full of

relaxing detail.

Our mind's race, you know this, and this story is a way to move your mind

off the expressway, and onto an exit ramp, toward a serene resting spot.

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

If you find that you are still awake at the end of the second telling, don't worry.

Take yourself back through any of the details of the story that you remember.

This also works if you wake in the middle of the night.

Use the details to get right back on the exit ramp, and before you know it, you'll be

drifting off to peaceful sleep.

Now, it's time to turn off the light, and set aside anything you've been working on,

or looking at.

Adjust your pillows, and pull your blanket up over your shoulder.

All of this preparation you are doing, before you close your eyes, is setting you up for

an excellent night's sleep.

Sometimes it even helps to say to yourself, I'm about to fall asleep, and I'll sleep sound

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