You know how some people fall asleep as soon as their heads
hit the pillow? I’ve never been one of
those people.
It takes me a long time to fall asleep. Often I read myself to sleep, occasionally
falling asleep with the light on and a book in my hand.
But about a month ago, I had a light bulb moment.
I love my Kindle fire.
And it plays music.
I searched on Amazon, and found a few meditation tracks that
I can play on my kindle and fall asleep to.
It’s incredibly helpful!
After buying a couple of “help falling asleep” individual
tracks, I bought a full album.
If you have a full
album of material, you can just hit play and nod off. The Kindle enters sleep mode after a few
minutes, so it’s not using a ton of electricity. And when the album is done, it stops playing.
I also bought a “white noise” album – the kind of thing you’d
hear at a spa. My cats aren’t fond of
the rain tracks, but it works well too.
Audio books could probably also be used in this way, though
I think I’d get caught up in the story and not fall asleep.
One more win for the Kindle team!
I'm in the same camp as you. It's hard for me to fall asleep. Chris? Anywhere, anytime. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteI usually use him as my living kindle to read me to sleep, but when he's not available I'll use my ipad to play netflix videos - mostly historical documentaries about Buddha. :)
I'm glad you found something that helps you get to sleep easier.