[An update from November 23, 2014] In my post of January 16, 2020, I summarized a few remedies for getting back to sleep in the middle of the night. For me, that can be tough. I often lay awake “thinking.” Thinking about “stuff.”

Many share this problem. We think.  And worry.  Thinking becomes a barrier to sleep. I lay there and think about work.  Projects.  Deadlines. Family.  I think of aches.  Pains.  Problems.  Friends.  Me.  I keep a pad of paper by the bed so that if I wake up thinking O’m’gosh – I forgot to . . . . . . .  I can lean over and scribble it down.  Of course in the morning, I look at what I wrote at 3:00 a.m. and it reads something like “xpoWm snork xipsdf glub greschhleb.”   And I wonder – what the Dickens was I trying to remember?

I also ponder whether I am accomplishing the most I can with time.  And talent.  Doing things that matter.  Being the best father.  Grandfather.  Husband.  Friend.  And prior to retirement – attorney.  I have no bucket list for travel or experience.  But I do for making the most of my day. And living up to potential.  

In the 7th game of the 2006 National League Championship Series, no one will forget – that Carlos Beltran of the Mets stood there and took a called third strike with the bases loaded and two out.  And the Cardinals won the Pennant.  As time and life move on, I don’t want to just stand there.  And take a called third strike. I worry about that. . . .