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2 AM, Revenge, and the Endless Loop of Insomnia: A Sleepless Tale

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It’s 2 AM, and here I am, watching “Revenge” for the second time in seven months. Yep, that’s right, twice. Apparently, the first go-around wasn’t enough of a cautionary tale about how revenge plots can spiral out of control—much like my sleep schedule.

Let’s be real. We all know the drill: you start with one episode, just a taste, and before you know it, you’re knee-deep in Emily Thorne’s vendetta, wide-eyed, and it’s almost dawn. By now, I could probably write a thesis on the psychology of vengeance, but that won’t help me get some shut-eye.

So there I am, watching the same characters make the same mistakes, and my brain decides it’s the perfect time to go into overdrive. Racing thoughts? Check. What-ifs? Check. A mental to-do list so long it’s practically scrolling like the end credits? Double check.

Here’s the kicker: I know I should just turn off the TV, but there’s something oddly comforting about the familiar chaos on-screen. It’s like my brain says, “If Emily can scheme her way through the Hamptons, you can surely figure out how to fall asleep, right?”

Wrong.

So what more can I do at 2 AM, other than pretend I’m not a night owl in an endless loop of TV drama? Maybe try deep breathing, meditate, count sheep—whatever. But who am I kidding? By now, I’m too wired to do anything but ponder life’s mysteries, like why I can’t just conk out like a normal person.

Maybe tonight, I’ll finally outsmart my own insomnia. Or maybe, I’ll just embrace the madness and settle in for another episode. Because sometimes, the only thing worse than sleepless nights is giving up on the distraction that keeps them bearable.

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  1. WHEN you get to bed, do not tell yourself how horrible you are and how you should have done differently. That’s stressful. Tell your brain you MAY discuss it later, when rested – or NOT.

    Then I proceed to get as comfortable as possible, and start simply counting breaths.

    The key is not to stress – angst makes it worse. And ANY time you spend comfortably as possible in bed, with your eyes closed, and no music, is a LOT better than not, so you ARE resting, and that counts.

    After years of telling myself this, it ALWAYS works – and you wouldn’t want my broken nights, but the rest is real, and I often fall asleep multiple times.

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  2. Hehe Well Considering You’re the Only One Posting
    in the Western Hemisphere after 2 AM on the Word

    Press Reader Dear Miriam Yes Here i Am Again With
    SMiLes Yet my Issue is Far From Insomnia It’s Staying

    Awake Long Enough to Complete the Task at Hand
    Yep Just Another Day in a Life of 4 Thousand or So

    Words FLoWinG through my Fingers Soul Free

    Yes Each
    Finger Has

    ItS Own

    Including
    Thumbs

    Sort of like
    A Decapus
    With Ten Dancing
    Legs Yes Finger Feet
    On This Digital Keyboard to
    Relate That Yes i Had to Lay Down
    For A Nap at 12:30 AM True Working
    Out Two and a Half Hours at the Military
    Gym and Doing Some Miles Around the Block

    In a Slow Dance With my Wife and Sister With that
    Warm Bath and a Close to Midnight Snack Brought

    me Snoozes that Only an Apple Watch Will Vibrate

    to Wake
    me Back

    Up

    So Here i am Again
    i’ll Get This Effort Published
    on the ‘Wrong Planet’ All Free
    in a Solo Thread as Just a Subchapter
    “Depth of The Story” in the 98th Page

    As Each Page Consists of Close to a Novel
    Size Epic Long Form Poem Mini Subchapter
    of Around 60 Thousand Words ‘Religiously’
    Completed Every 16 Days Each Day Without

    Fail for Years Now With SMiLes It’s a All A
    Free Share Accumulating Close to 246,000
    Views There From Only the Registered Members

    Oh Lord All the Names Around the World that inspire
    4000 Or So Words A Day Just An Anthology of Another Day in a Life

    Yet It’s True i Write my Verse in Reverse Which Means the Last is the First

    And at 3:06 AM
    Central Time
    Currently
    What You
    Inspire HeaR Makes that Grade

    The Good News is i’ve Heard i Can
    Practically Put Anyone to Sleep if they
    Read One of Those Pages From Head to Toe hehe

    We Live in Amazing Days Where One Page Free Will Scroll a Novel

    Way of Life

    iN Days
    Yep Nights

    of Our Lives…

    Hehe Sleep Tight

    Whatever Way You Sleep Just Do it hehe..:)

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