Good morning! Hope you have awaken in great spirits after a successful night of back sleeping, or at least, if you weren’t successful at sleeping on your back, I hope that you were successful in your efforts to protect your beautiful face during sleep, and that you were pleased rather than horrified when you saw yourself upon waking up this morning.
It is Sunday morning September 17th 2017. Last night’s sleep was not as rough as the night before. My adventures in back sleeping continue. And I still have not quite conquered the art, but I believe that sleeping on my back throughout the night will soon enough become a piece of cake.
I closed up shop and headed to bed at around 11 PM last night. So, for yet another night, I did not manage to get to bed before 10PM.
But I missed my 10PM bedtime for a good reason. I decided to spend an hour watching a 90s comedy series with my son. Not because I so love television, but because I so love my son, that my annoyance with television is something I can put behind me long enough to spend some time and share some laughs with him. Laughing isn’t good for beauty I guess, especially when you are already beginning to get those creases where people get laugh lines on account of your developing nasolaibal folds. But it took me until this point in my life to discover that I am loveliest when I smile and when I laugh, so I do a lot of smiling and laughing when taking pictures, which is something I do often. I guess I have a bit of a conflict there. But am I going to stop smiling and laughing because it might interfere with my efforts to reverse the damage from decades of not sleeping on my back due to not knowing that back sleeping would protect my face from looking like complete crap in the mornings, and eventually staying that way through the day?
Speaking of pictures, I had some photo sessions yesterday and I definitely have no doubt that the bags under my eyes and the creases at the sides of my face are in fact becoming less prominent since I started my adventures in back sleeping. And supplementing with collagen too, of course.
I guess I should be more clear, because these results aren’t just due to sleeping on my back, and this whole process isn’t just about back sleeping. It’s about maximizing the benefits of sleep, and I’m sure you can do this even if you don’t sleep on your back. Because I started to take sleep more seriously a little while ago, and the back sleeping is just a new addition to the mix. It’s not all and entirely about back sleeping. It’s about getting enough sleep, getting good quality sleep, establishing a healthy sleep routine so I can wake up in the morning stretching like a well-rested feline.
Although I continue to suffer with sleep problems, over the last few months I have been determinedly trying to get at least eight hours of sleep per night. It has sometimes (okay mostly) meant using sleeping aids, which isn’t the best thing ever, but at least, I have managed to get several days in a row of at least 8 hours of sleep on enough occasions in the last couple of months, that my looks are improving. The collagen is a big factor as well, and so are the other products that I uses during my daily and nightly beauty routines, but don’t underestimate the power of sleep beautiful sleep. Seriously, it’s nice to be able to look at myself and not feel my heart sink. I do know that I should never look at myself and feel my heart sink no matter how I look, because how I look really has nothing to do with anything. I always say to myself that I am not my looks. But I think when you are looking extra haggard because of how life is treating you (or more to the point how you are treating yourself because of hardships in life) it’s okay to feel relief when you begin to see your hard work to improve your looks showing signs of paying off.
Aging is what it is. It cannot be stopped. No amount of beauty products, cosmetic surgery and whatever else is going to make the majority of us look like Christie Brinkley looks at the age of 63 when we reach that age ourselves.
Some of us will be glad to look at our current age the way Chrsitie Brinkley looks at 63! But we don’t have her genes and we don’t have her financial access to the best beauty products and skin doctors in the world. So we have to be realistic; but at the same time, there are we can start doing right now that will help us look and feel better day by day.
A good night’s rest doesn’t have to cost you any money!
Anti wrinkle pillows are generally affordable. It’s not like buying a 16.5 ounce jar of Crème de la Mer Moisturizing Cream. I hear that Crème de la Mer Moisturizing Cream is some kind of miracle working anti aging cream (read this creme de la mer article if you are curious to learn more), but a 16.5 ounce jar will cost you $2,095. By contrast you can get an anti wrinkle pillow for under $100.
But if you don’t want to spend any money at all, you can try any number of free remedies that can help you get a good night’s rest.
- Pursue peace and mind and inner joy during the day.
- Fill your day with enriching activity.
- Drink plenty of water
- Work hard to maintain a positive mood
- Drink chamomile tea near bedtime
- Use a chamomile, lavender and tea tree oil infused hand moisturizer throughout the day, and inhale the essence as you rub it into your skin.
- Complete your daily chores at least 2 hours before bedtime.
- Go to bed half an hour earlier than your bedtime. This way if it takes you 30 minutes to fall asleep, you still fall asleep on time.
- If the sunlight wakes gets into your room in the morning, block it out so that it does not wake you up earlier than you would like
- Seek out peace in your life. Conflict will play out at night while you sleep.
- Listen to calming music
- Meditate (you can meditate even while sitting at your desk working. Go quiet for 5 minute intervals 6 times per day. Close your eyes and try to calm your mind.
I have come a long way in my anti aging battle and back sleeping is just a new addition to the arsenal. I am really loving the results I am seeing since I started trying this new technique of sleeping on my back. I don’t have it down to an art form yet. But I believe that I am sleeping on my back for longer each night. And it is only a matter of time before it becomes easy as pie.
Good luck to you in your back sleeping adventures!