There’s a certain irony in when I’m writing this post.
You see, during December and January when I’m writing daily ‘Making Space’ or ‘Go Team’ posts, I occasionally forget that I also need to write my regular Tuesday post.
And that’s what happened today.
The irony comes in because this post that I’m writing at 10:41PM on Monday is about how I’m trying to do a better job of winding down before bed. Obviously I do a better job on some days than on others.
Like a lot of people with ADHD I often end up, trying to cram a lot of stuff into my evening and I sometimes find it hard to switch out of doing mode and start getting ready for bed.
But I do know that a good wind down routine helps me to switch modes and get ready to rest so I’ve been working on that.
Last week I mentioned that I have found that evening is a good time to do yoga.
And that practice has become a key part of helping me wind down for the evening.
However, I’m now ready to add something else to my routine, but I haven’t quite figured out what that is yet.
I thought about adding journaling, but it’s all too easy for me to either slip into writing a lot or avoiding writing because I don’t want to write a lot.
I don’t want to add more exercise because that will wake me up again.
I already read once I get in bed so that wouldn’t be extending anything.
The obvious thing to add is meditation, but I’m finding myself resisting that for some reason.
And the only other thing I can think of is to do some sort of drawing before I go to sleep.
But if I decide to do that, going to have to figure out something specific or related to draw each evening, so I don’t get caught up in a decision loop.
Quick question: Does this type of thinking happened to everyone or is this an ADHD thing?
Obviously, the next step in this process is to start experimenting and I had planned to start that experiment this evening.
But now that it is 10:55PM, I think the experiment will have to wait till tomorrow night.
I’m just going to do a short yoga practice, get my pyjamas on, and tuck myself into bed with my book.
