Another day is upon us. I hope that you slept well last night and that you are feeling great today as a result. I did not get 8 hours of sleep last night because I did not go to bed until almost one o’clock in the morning. I was experiencing a great deal of bone discomfort and it made it impossible to fall asleep. But once I did fall asleep I stayed asleep for the most part. There was some tossing and turning and waking up but not as much as the night before. And I think I did more sleeping on my back than on my sides or stomach. Although I did sleep some on my sides and stomach. Because of all the tossing and turning I do at night, trying to find a comfortable position, I do end up sleeping some on my sides, some on my stomach and some on back now that I am consciously trying to train myself to start sleeping on my back.

My face didn’t look too horrific this morning when I woke up – is it because of sleeping on my back?

I am really inclined to believe that sleeping on my back makes a difference to how I look when I wake up in the morning.

Since I started to practice sleeping on my back, I have noticed that when I wake up in the morning having gotten at least 50% of my sleep lying on my back, I look less haggard and slack of face. Even in a case like today where I didn’t get at least 8 hours of sleep, I feel tired in the eyes, but I don’t look as tired as I feel. And when I wake up from sleeping on my back, the severity of the creases at the side of my face is noticeably less than when I wake up from sleeping on my sides or stomach. So for any of you who are dealing with those creases at the side of your face where your face is wanting to fold over and create actual nasolabial folds, you might want to start sleeping on your back if you’re not already doing it. It probably won’t reverse the damage that has already been done, but I am finding that it is minimizing the swollen look, which minimizes the crease line that is being formed and causes it to impact less on my looks.

I don’t know if sleeping on my back is having any impact on any other aspect of my life.

I am not entirely comfortable sleeping on my back, and I have a feeling that I’ll never be comfortable sleeping on my back unless I have the right equipment for it. In this case, of course I am talking about the right pillow. What other equipment do you need for sleeping? Well, you need a proper bed as well; but it will be some time before I am able to afford any of those fancy beds that are designed to help you sleep more comfortably. So for now I have to make do with the bed I have, which I have to acknowledge is not the nicest, most comfortable bed that was ever made. And it is also several years old, so the mattress has become even more uncomfortable than it was when newly purchased. Additionally, there are springs popping up through the mattress. So yeah, I need a proper bed. And it could be the case that, even after I conquer my goal to start sleeping on my back, and even after I conquer all my other sleep demons, I will still find it difficult to sleep peacefully for 8 hours every night due to the fact that my bed desperately needs to be replaced.

Sleeping on my back for 8 hours every night on an old bed without at least a specialized back support pillow probably isn’t the greatest idea in the world

So I am thinking I will need to go ahead and buy a pillow that’s designed to help make sleeping on my back put less of a strain on my spine and my neck. I’ve mentioned in another post that I am eyeing the JuveRest pillow because it looks like it means business by comparison to some of the other anti wrinkle beauty pillows I’ve seen. The Juverest pillow looks like it’s purpose isn’t just to help you fight static wrinkles. The other pillows are trying too hard to be cute I think, but who knows? Maybe they work better than the Juverest pillow. I don’t know. I haven’t tried any of these beauty pillows yet. But I do think that when I am ready to try one, I will get the Juverest pillow and test drive that one first.

I can’t remember any of my dreams from last night. All I can remember is that I did not sleep straight through the night. I woke up a few times and each time I woke up I spritzed my face with my collagen mist. It was especially important that I did that last night, because I didn’t cleanse my face properly last night. Just like the other night, I removed my makeup in bed with makeup remover wipes. And I did it in the dark, so that assures I didn’t get my face completely clean. I think part of why I am becoming more and more disinclined to go wash my face properly is because I recently moved and the bathroom at this new place isn’t particularly luxurious. I don’t enjoy being inside of it for any extra amount of time than necessary. And I’ve had to keep my makeup on pretty late because of taking photos and videos at later hours of the night.

I hope you had a good night’s rest last night and I hope your day has so far been pleasant, that you have been able to accomplish your goals today and that you looked and felt your best.

Sincerely

M