for me sleep is 1000% about ‘routine I was, IE…a farmer so I am hardwired now for sun up, fully awake and go full speed’ and feel this is now ‘part of me’ and wake during hrs set for livestock issues like birthing or baby animals requiring whatever hrs. of attendance thru the night…but that second thing for me and this is WHAT IT IS ALL about is energy output.
when we shut down the farm biz, omg sleep was insane cause I didn’t know how to use up the physical energy enough to make it ‘work for me as a retired now person!’ yea it was rough going for a long time LOL
I don’t move enough I can’t sleep. I think your body is wanting action. USE IT OR LOSE IT and sleep is a massive indicator of when we don’t use alot of energy, we can’t sleep well cause the body is using up that energy still ‘when we think’ we should be sleeping.
you said you think about the gym.
or hitting the grocery.
sounds to me ya ain’t moving enough. NOW THIS IS from what I am kinda reading here LOL and my personal experiences.
if I don’t move like the body wants and needs to USE that energy I do have then I find sleep super restless and then the brain kicks in, that stupid hamster wheel thinking of I gotta do this, I gotta do that, and boy am I tired HA
I say do this…move!! Plan a super active day and DO IT! Hike a 3 mile or whatever trail you can handle. Home for chores and don’t take easy ones like dusting, do outside chores to use the body ya know, ones we put off like I did , then small rest when ya need it and onto next USE the body activity.
make the body activate its reason for sleep. we are tired. body energy used up ya know.
don’t drug up no need. Move.
now not saying this is gonna be the end all work for ya type issue ever, but try it. Plan a day, ALL IN movement, stuff you like to do, take that big long uphill walk, get in the car and hit those stores, come home and do some labor chore and MAKE yourself do it if ya gotta, and hit that gym instead of thinking about it
best way is thru experimenting but your body sounds like it hit sluggy action ya know. Not talking lazy kinda thing ever, just saying the energy level ain’t being used. Use it.
go for it and if you do this, tackle a full on full speed active and movement day and jump in and do it, will be interesting to see after a week of you pushing you on how your sleep can change?
OK THIS IS JUST chatting ya know
but many can work ALL day, do chores, come home and handle kids and this and that and all kinds of crap we all know we got in life and still can’t sleep but that could be other reasons…over exhaustion, brain games of overthinking and brain too active while body is rode hard and put up wet ya know.
not saying this could suit anyone, but hey try it only thing ya might gain is regulated good ol’ body restorative sleep it needs cause it then needs it from your activity.
best of luck