Curious: What do you do when you wake up at night and cannot go back to sleep?

[Hoggirl]

If you wake up and cannot go back to sleep what fun, quirky, or even boring things do you do?

[prairiegirl]

I don't do fun or quirky in the middle of the night. All I can handle is boring. I usually either read or go on the computer.

Julia
mom of 3 (8,7,5)

[Virginia Dawn]

Plan the future, solve problems, write imaginary books, or think about something that has intrigued me recently, all in the comfort of my bed. I'm lazy.

[Plaid Dad]

I usually either read or go on the computer.

Same here. In extreme cases, I'll get a snack or take a hot bath. Insomnia and I go way back. :(

[mellifera]

I do housework (but not vacuuming).;)

[GreenKitty]

Make tea, watch tv, eat snacks, play nintendo ds, computer or wake my dh up:)

[Bev in B'ville]

Sometimes I pray. Other times I count, either backwards from 1000 or I'll do prime numbers as high as I can.

[Amy in NH]

I toss and turn, and lay awake worrying about the bills. :(

[Danestress]

Pay the bills/work on finances/sort mail. Clean the fridge, plan meals, making shopping lists. Quiet things that I have been putting off for a while.

[Mama Lynx]

I read, or watch videos on YouTube.

[AnneJ]

I pray. I figure it's a good use of my time and it is quiet. I don't usually want to get out of bed cuz it's cold in the house and DH is nice and warm (when he's home anyway. . .well he's probably warm when he's gone too but I don't benefit then).

[Snickerdoodle]

I read in bed.

[Cheryl in NM]

I lay on the couch and try to go to sleep. I alleviates the stress of keeping dh awake while I'm tossing and turning. Sometimes I go right to sleep. If I can't go to sleep I will read or surf the internet and I usually get sleepy and am able to get back to sleep. Sometimes I just have to stay up. I've decided that I won't stress when I wake up in the night and that seems to help. I have a friend who watches MTV because it's so boring now that they don't have headbangers ball!

[Elisabeth in IL]

I don't wake up much anymore but when I did, I would go on the computer, talk to my friend in Singapore, or pray.

[Anna]

wake my dh up:)

Yeah, what GreenKitty said. It works every time.:D

[Julie in CA]

I make lists.
1.) What I need to do the next day
2.) What household repairs/maintenance need to be done
3.) Which areas I still need to declutter
4.) What I need to do next to help each person in my household grow
If I'm still having a problem, I make a list of all the big and small things that are bothering me, or that I'm worried about. Sometimes I do this list first if I know that I'm *worrying* a lot.
After all that, if I'm still not sleepy, I read.
Housecleaning is a very last resort :D

[Michelle T]

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[Hoggirl]

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[Shannon831]

It exhausts my brain and keeps my thoughts from wandering to things that I'm worried about. Insomnia has been a real problem for me over the years.

[sdWTMer]

Sometimes I knit or I come here.

[Tutor]

Read. Play video games. Put paperwork away. Pay bills. Rearrange the living room furniture (this really freaks the rest of my family out). Grab a pillow and blanket and camp out on the sofa and watch a movie.