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

by Bob Wittersheim.

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Has this ever happened to you?

You're in bed, reading your book, and maybe even scrunched up in a not so comfortable position.

But you can't keep your eyes open.

Then you turn off the light, get as snug as possible, and suddenly you can't sleep.

What happened in those few seconds is that your brain switched from task mode to default

mode.

It's pretty tricky to fall asleep in default mode.

And that's why I have a story to tell you.

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

If you wake in the middle of the night and feel your brain starting to power back up,

you could listen again or just think through any parts of the story that you can remember.

With time, this will become more automatic, and you'll notice your sleep improving more

and more.

Now, it's time to get comfortable.

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