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Practice makes perfect. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice. Those are the things people say about getting good at all kinds of activities. Individually these sayings have been applied to all kinds of sports, art, and games. Sleeping, on the other hand, is viewed as a…
Asking 5 big questions can raise the value of personal experience Sometimes they call learning by experience “The School of Hard Knocks.” Going at something blind without the benefit of someone else’s experience can be painful. They also call it experiential learning. “Hard Knocks” sounds like a painful way to learn something. It can be.…
“And, speaking more generally, it is plain foolishness to believe in ready-made systematic guides to dream interpretation, as if one could simply buy a reference book and look up a particular symbol. No dream symbol can be separated from the individual who dreams it, and there is no definite or straightforward interpretation of any dream.”—…
Sometimes you’ve got to wonder what your dreams are telling you, especially concerning your health. Health warnings in dreams can be confusing—though taking them seriously can save your life. It’s easy to go on the Internet and type in a query, and people do every day. When it comes to getting definitive answers about what…
When the day is trying you, try soaking in a tub with a lavender bath bomb while using lavender soap. Set your mind right, dry off, and head to bed. Some scents are more soothing than others. Lavender is one of those scents, along with roses, Roman chamomile, and jasmine, that have been demonstrated in…
Congratulations on both deciding to and being able to see the big, beautiful world on an intercity bus. This planet is full of adventure, both the good kind and the not-so-good. The key in life is to have more of the good kind of adventure and less of the bad. Yet even what seems to…
How a piece of tape can help you keep your dream journal at night with more eye comfort.
Heroes can be thought of as a type of goal to strive for. Heroes are someone you want to be like. Most of us don’t have heroes anymore. And that might be an indirect cause of many sleep problems. Why do the things you need to do to make sure you sleep well if whether…
My wife recently returned from a trip to Mexico. “There it is. My water pillow! I missed it!” she said, excited. There was a level of fondness there for the pillow I hadn’t heard before. “You missed it?” I said. “What?” At the time she said this, she had just returned home and had come into our bedroom…
Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but whether noise is “white” seems to be in the ears of the listener! Some people put a fan on to sleep. Some go out and buy a white noise machine. Others have no use for either device. According to some people, some white noise…
It has to be a thought thunk by every stick-in-the-mud who refuses to touch hallucinogens: I’m no fun. Here I am holding a regular job. Here I am fulfilling my responsibilities to my family and society. There they are. They’re tripping out. They sure look like they’re having a good time getting wasted. Damn them!…
Travel can be an amazing amount of fun. There’s the opportunity to try new food, see new sights, meet new friends, and make lifelong memories. Many people have world travel on their bucket list. Travel is a goal for them. But, oh, that desynchronosis! Desynchronosis, the bane of travelers between time zones everywhere, is also…
There Are 6 Important Questions You Need To Have Answered For Therapies For Sleep or Other Health Problems. Running for Senate must be tough. Almost winning is undoubtedly tougher. After his January 2019 loss to Sen. Ted Cruz, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke went to New Mexico later that year and ate “holy dirt.” He brought…