Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone, 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.

With audio engineering by Bob Wittersheim.

This week we are celebrating five years of nothing much.

And we're bringing you a special Q&A episode with both Bob and myself.

And it's in your feed right now. But if what you really need is not so much a behind-the-scenes

glimpse, but just some z's.

We've got you covered.

Let's listen back to one of my favorite episodes,

which inspired a new book I've written.

More about that soon.

For now, thank you for listening and sharing us with others.

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 the narrative was replaced by your thinking mind.

So that's how this works.

I'll provide a story, simple and relaxing,

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