If you’re anything like me, the excitement and possibilities that surround the online business world stimulates your brain at all hours of the day… and night.
To the point where sometimes it’s hard to fall asleep.
Honestly, sometimes I’ll toss and turn for hours, then just give up, turn on the lights, and get back onto the computer.
It’s fanaticism at it’s finest, but it’s not very healthy.
Throw into the mix that I’m a biological night owl, and sometimes it’s only when the light of dawn breaks through the window do I realize I better get some sleep.
And talk about suffering the consequences in the morning.
The rest of the day becomes a hazy fog, and many times a nap is required if I am to function even semi-coherently.
I talked to one of my friends about this, a wealthy entrepreneur who has more energy than almost anyone I know.
And he told me something very interesting to try.
Whenever he gets the entrepreneurial jitters, and he knows he HAS to get some rest before a big day, he simply takes a notebook and puts it next to his bed.
Then he lays down at a decent bed time and tries to go to sleep.
As all of those thoughts and ideas rush through his head, he simply turns over, turns on the light, and writes them down.
That’s it.
So why is this helpful?
According to him, the reason why we get so excited is twofold.
First, bedtime is probably the first chance in the day that a million things aren’t going on all around you.
That is, you aren’t on the phone, you aren’t writing copy, and you aren’t tweaking your website(s).
So your subconscious mind takes this time to relax… and push a torrent of ideas into your head.
And then you get excited and can’t sleep.
Second, these ideas are “open loops” (to use Neuro Linguistic Programming terms) because the ideas are not immediately actionable.
Literally, you are lying in bed thinking about all the things you COULD be doing.
It’s no wonder you can’t sleep!
By writing these ideas down on your notebook, you are effectively closing that loop, allowing your mind to say, “okay, jotted it down, and we’ll take care of that in the morning… you can sleep now, dude”
Sooner or later, your mind will begin to calm down, and you will be able to get that deep, restful sleep you deserve.
So you can implement all those great ideas in the morning!
Hope this helps.
-James D. Lee
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