dream journaling + sleep self-help
What were you doing in the dream? Fighting, I don’t know. I don’t remember it well. Maybe there’s a puzzling line or two a character spoke in the dream. “Hopa, hopa!” What does that even mean? There’s next to nothing to go on, not much to interpret, little to understand. Some dreams are intricate, incredibly…
Sometimes the time it takes to understand a dream is much longer than it takes to have the dream itself. A picture is worth a thousand words. Unbound by physical constraints, unlike other information transmitted through your five primary senses, dreams are more than pictures. They’re communications affecting all the senses. You’re making a huge…
Sometimes the words of a language fail you. They come up short when describing a concept. There are numerous examples of this. To take one, waldeinsamkeit is a German word meaning being alone in the wilderness while relaxed, solitary, and contemplative. In English, we can group words with this meaning. The result doesn’t quite…
When you call someone a “dreamer,” it’s something of an insult. Yet, when you call someone a “visionary,” that’s high praise. Why? What’s the difference? There’s not that much beyond the way the word sounds, the connotation it carries. To many people’s way of thinking, dreaming connotes pie-in-the-sky fancies. Impractical ideas. Something that doesn’t work…
Admit it. It doesn’t seem right to put the mattress on the floor. First, there comes the problem of moving the cumbersome thing. You might have to ask for some help from someone to manage it. Second, it doesn’t seem right to sleep on the floor. It’s like someone from a strange place would do.…
Batman has superpowers. Yes, he does. His power is his mind. Also, he has all of those gadgets on his utility belt. Those gadgets are the equivalent of superpowers. He can also travel around Gotham using cables and ropes. Can you do that? You can’t. That makes it a superpower. So he doesn’t fly like…
Having the same thoughts repeat in your mind isn’t always useful. If you need to remember to do something, maybe. Do it, whatever it is, and it’s done. Suppose you’re “rehearsing,” sure. That can be good too. It’s intentional. You’re carving neural pathways trying to make your performance smoother and faster. There’s a point, however,…
I slept like a baby. Saying that may or may not inspire an image in the listener’s mind of someone who slept well. Practically every parent has had the experience of trying to soothe a colicky baby all night at least once. However, babies sometimes sleep through all kinds of things. It’s a mixed metaphor.…
If a time traveler came from the 1980s, he or she might wonder where all the waterbeds went. Waterbeds were fairly common back then. Invented in California in the 60s, they grew in popularity over time. All together, waterbeds comprised about 20 percent of the bed market. Today, they make up a much smaller segment,…
When most people decide to try using the Law of Attraction in their life, they usually try to manifest more love or money. Especially love. The reason why is many believe if they had more money or love in their life, they’d be happier and better off. The twin desires fuel a psychic and medium…