I only have time to sleep.

carbonman wrote: I have finished reading the book. It is a great read.

Well hurry up and return it to the library so I can pick it up!

From the snippets you've mentioned, it sounds like these techniques would be good for anyone to practice.
I'm no longer a clock-watcher, but I like the idea of organizing your thoughts for a Close of the Day. That sounds like it could be very useful.
I was talking to a friend recently who told me that her dad would go to bed, collect his thoughts about a particular problem he wanted to solve (I think he was an engineer), then go to sleep. Often times, he would wake up with solutions to the problems he was dealing with.

When I'm laying in bed awaiting sleep, I have learned that I'm starting to sleep when my thoughts go from logical, meaningful ones that I understand, to weird random ones completely out of context to what I was just previously thinking about. I then have a little "a-ha" moment and know that the boat is leaving the shore of consciousness.

I think to myself "Ah! There they are! The weird thoughts. Goodnight me." Then I let go...

I haven't read this book but for years I've used the concept of mulling over a problem, a writing challenge or something I'm trying to figure out or decide on as I go to sleep and often wake up with ideas or solutions.

- Maura

There is no clock in my bedroom.

It is in the living area and if I feel an alarm may be needed,I set it from there.

I never wear a watch.

I am always on time and have over the many years learned the art of estimating the passage of time to within a half hour...

spacetoast wrote:

carbonman wrote: I have finished reading the book. It is a great read.

Well hurry up and return it to the library so I can pick it up!

I know...I know....I can feel you looking over my shoulder.
I think I am just going to go buy my own copy.

...patience Grasshopper, patience.....

Two comments: Sometimes you can find (used) books real cheap for sale on the internet. Go to Amazon.com and type in the title, and look at the prices of the used books. I have bought lots of books for $1 and $3.99 shipping. That book is available used for $13.95.

About falling asleep techniques: my mother told me offhand many years ago (I don't know why she told me this, or what we were talking about, but it was long before my cpap), you should be sure that your tongue is relaxed- not pressed against the back of your teeth. I found that it helps me, along with this: clear your mind. I can't fall asleep when I'm worried about something or thinking about work. Long ago, I used to surf the internet and sometimes a Window would open on my screen, and the top blue bar would say About: blank, and the rest of that window was completely empty. I started using this picture in my head as an image to think about when I wanted to clear my head. Sort of like a tv show about nothing? Well, anyway, you could also just think about a blank wall or piece of paper.

What works for me,
Mike