Originally Posted by jock
saccy, ferget sleeping pills. work on your preparation instead.
have dinner an hour earlier
after dinner, forget the TV: do the race visualisation that's keeping you up at night.
have a shower to relax
when you go to bed, try to recall all the posts from the aussie thread: brain numbingly effective
load a tape of big brother up late into the vcr as a backup plan: that crapola will put anyone to sleep.
and ease up on the caffeine during the arvo/evening
Preparation? I've only got 3 more sleeps until the big one were I've got to perform (in the sack).
It's not freaking out about the race that keeps me up. It's freaking out about not being able to get to sleep. It's a self fulfulling prophecy. Stress out about stress stopping me from sleeping and I don't sleep which makes me stress more. Finally about 4am I'm stressed out enough that I pass out only to have to wake up at 4:30 and drive (I'm staying at windsor) the rest of the way up for the race.
Aussie thread might work though.
Hrm. Maybe if I get myself up at 5am the morning before I'll be rooted enough to go to bed at a reasonable hour?
And those big brother sheila's are enough to keep anyone awake. Damn Big Bro up late. You been watching it this year? If there's not enough there to give you an itch then you should be watching David more.