Do even remember trying to sleep as a kid?  Probably not because it was completely natural, as grows older, sleeping gets tricky.  I have a few tricks that can help:

1.  Understand that sleep comes in 90 minutes cycles, so when you stay up late and know you will get little sleep, try and time your sleep for 1 1/2 hrs, 3 hrs, 4 1/2, etc.  You will feel more rested if you sleep within this cycle.  Even 3 hours is enough, but 3 1/2, doesn’t work, 4 doesn’t work either.

2.  Eat a baked potato before you go to bed.  The potassium somehow calms the body enough to get a little sleep.  Oh, no butter,or anything else—just a plain baked potato.

3. Don’t drink anything after 6pm, or your body will keep reminding you to get up and go.

4.  Read in bed….let the whole house fall quiet, and just read—something very easy.

5.  If you just can’t sleep, get up out of bed and do something.  Your body knows what it is doing.  By the time you go back in about an hour and a half, you will fall asleep easily.

6.  Lavender, it’s a cliche, but it does help…if you soak in the tub with Lavender, even better.

7.  Always remember, your body is a machine.  It will sleep when it’s really tired, ask for food when it’s really hungry.  If you trust your body to take over, and not think about it—you will find the rest you seek.

G as in Giving, not G as in Greed.  Or so says trendwatching.com (http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/generationg/).  Who hasn’t been touched by cancer? I wasn’t until recently, then all of a sudden it was all around me, and the worst part of it all was that nobody seemed to have any real answers about anything except the process of cancer beginning til end. And to add insult to injury, when friends hear you have the big C, they are scared out of their wits and don’t know what to say. That’s why CAREBOX™ was born—to help people feel better, and to raise money towards  cure, and to help people help each other.

I am new to blogging, and just trying to find what may be of interest to people. Until I find my inner voice I think I will blog only 4 times a month, on Mondays.

I plan on sharing things that I know, things I have seen, and things I think will become a trend. I have seen the world, more than once.  Really know a lot about Paris, so it is sure to come up…and know a thing or two about cancer. So we will see how this goes.  I would hate to miss an experience which is so common right now—blogging.

To start off this week, let me just say this:  I hate cancer, and want to do something about it.  I could use some help, please share your experiences and I can tell you what I have learned. I am basically an artist with a love for business.