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

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Katherine Nikolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

The new engineering is by Bob Witterschheim.

My book, also called Nothing Much Happens, is available wherever books are sold.

For extra coziness, follow us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

And you can always learn more or get yourself a cozy, nothing much happens hoodie.

At nothingmuchappens.com.

Now let me say something about how this works.

Your mind needs a place to rest, and without one it's apt to race and wander and keep

you up all night.

Following along with my voice and the simple shape of the story I'm about to tell you gives

it that resting place.

And it trains your brain over time to more quickly settle and turn off.

I'll tell the story twice and I'll go a little slower the second time through.

If you wake in the middle of the night, turn your thoughts right back to whatever you

can remember about the story, or even just the details of a pleasant memory.

And you will drop right back off.

Okay, it's time.

Put down whatever you've been looking at and switch off the light.

Slide down deep into your sheets and get as comfortable as you can.

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