1. Look at that. I’ve been awake for almost three hours
2. I was tired. Why can’t I just fall asleep?
3. Time to assume a different position
4. Side? Back? Tummy? Blanket? One foot out of blanket?
5. Why can’t I get comfy!? Help me
6. I wonder what tomorrow will be like?
7. It will be a productive day. I can feel it in my belly
8. Who am I kidding! I will wake up looking like a zombie who craves a nap instead of brains
9. I should stop drinking coffee
10. I wonder whether I aced that paper I handed in a couple of weeks ago?
11. Did I even put my name on it??
12. Come to think of it, that second argument was rather bad
13. But I did put it in between two paragraphs that rock
14. They might not even notice it
15. They so.. will.. notice it
16. I will get an F
17. I will fail uni
18. And I won’t be able to get a job
19. Not that there are so many jobs out there to begin with
20. The future freaking scares me
21. Stop that!
22. Maybe I’ll meet a cute guy tomorrow
23. He will say hi. I will say hi, and he will fall in love with me
24. Focus on me. F-f-focus on me
25. Noooh, how did this crappy song get into my head?
26. Well, I’ll be singing that for the rest of the day
27. INSOOOOMNIA, forever till the end of time
28. Maybe I should text someone
29. Why is no-one replying?
30. Because unlike you, they are sleeping
31. Perhaps some music will help me fall asleep?
32. -random dance party-
33. OK, no.
34. Netflix? Instagram? Twitter?
35. What was that noise?
36. 1, 2, Freddy’s coming for you
37. Great. Make horror movie references and have nightmares
38. Maybe I should get up and walk
39. To the fridge
40. But you shouldn’t eat during the night
41. Or so they say
42. I have to get up in like 3 hours…
43. Start counting sheep
44. Has that ever worked?
45. Who came up with that anyway?
46. Might as well Google it
47. Even though I know that this bright screen is keeping me awake
48. Hey look. 50 Thoughts You Have When You Can’t Fall Asleep
49. Mmm… I can’t really relate to that…
50. Might as well write my own version now. It’s not like I’ve got anything better to do

I hate having troubles sleeping but it happens to all of us once in a while. Usually I can’t sleep when I’m super excited for something, but this time it was totally random. So I ended up writing this. On my phone. In my bed. At 3 AM.

Has anyone else ever had trouble sleeping? What odd, funny or serious thoughts have crossed your mind in the middle of the night?

Love, Izzy

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