This is episode 1,908.

Welcome back.

Did you write in your sleep journal today?

Or did you do it yesterday as well? I hope you did it both days.

Sometimes you'll notice that there's just some kind of random remembrance. Other times you'll remember a novel about

what happened in your dreams that can seem. Write down whatever you remember,

whether it's just short little snippets or that entire dream novel that seem to evolve,

you may notice that you have the same dreams again and again.

Dreams are often tied to stress we experience in our life, and this can reveal some insight to you as you keep a dream journal and I'll be sharing more

with you about that as we go along in the series.

For today, I want to mention how important it is to have a sleep routine.

I have several other sleep series and sleep episodes where I've

walked you through an entire week of setting up a beautiful sleep ritual.

This week is mostly about

finding more peace in your life to help you sleep better,

but it bears mentioning what you can do to create more peace in your life and it also helps you to sleep better. And that is when you structure your day around your energy.

So you may find that you have a lot of energy in the evening and so it's kind of difficult for you to come up with a sleep ritual and you

may even feel guilty about staying up during your most productive hours. I remember when my children were young and the only time I could

really get things done was in the evening so I would often stay up till one or two

a.m. just to get things done and I wasn't really

getting a lot of sleep because I'd wake up early with them but that was just my

rhythm for a few years, especially when they were very young.

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