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

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai, my right and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens

with audio engineering by Bob Witterstein.

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Now, I have a story to tell you and listening to it will help you relax and fall asleep.

Your mind's wander, that's just their nature.

And if we don't give them a path to stick to, they can wander all night.

The story keeps your thinking mind occupied and lets your body drift off to sleep.

I'll tell it twice and I'll go a little slower on the second telling.

If you wake again later, you can listen again or just think back to any part of the story

you can remember.

You're working on some brain training as you do this, so know that your sleep habits

will improve.

You'll drift off sooner and get back to sleep more easily over time.

Now, reach out and switch off the light.

Snuggle down into your sheets and pull the blanket up over your shoulder.

Listen, you have done enough for the day.

Whatever it was, it was enough.

And now it's time to feel your body dropping heavy and relaxed into your sheets.

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