I am a normal guy. I have a typical 9 to 5 job at a computer desk, a job which I earned

with my straight seas college career at the State University. I live alone and live

a normal, uninteresting, but ultimately happy life. Many people want nice cars and nice

house, but I'm perfectly satisfied pushing the pencil every day and coming home and relaxing

with a beer and a book or a TV show. My only real problem is sleep. I have in some

year that can only be helped by being so exhausted at the end of the day that I literally can't

stay awake anymore. I tried everything from jogging to herbal tea to hypnotherapy. It wasn't

always this way. I used to sleep like a baby, but ever since the pandemic I've just been

unable to sleep at night. What's worse is it's made my once comfortable life difficult. My

bus started to notice my quality of work declining and some of my co-workers even started asking

me things like, are you alright when they see me in the break room? That's a real confidence

booster. My only salvation is the massive amount of coffee I drink every single day to keep

from nodding off drone work. One day I was fed up with feeling exhausted every day. I posted

on Facebook. Anyone have any tips on sleeping? I seemed to have forgotten how to, with a picture

of Patrick from SpongeBob with bloodshot eyes. As I hit post, I heard the microwave beep

from the left over so I was reheating. As I got to the kitchen, my phone burst. I looked

at the screen and it was a message from a girl I went to high school with. She was one of

those people added, not because you were friends, but because everyone in your high school

added each other the week before graduation so everyone could stay in touch.

Hi Jason, I hope you've been having trouble sleeping and I'd love to help you. I'll

startled by how quickly this person I barely knew sent a response. Oh hey Becker. I replied

long time no see. How are you? Three dots appeared, indicating that she was typing a response.

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