Once upon a time there was a Dark blue car-drivin’ entrepreneur named Mark Stanford (that’s me) who lived in Santa Rosa, CA. Mark’s father has had heart problems since he was relatively young and isn’t an example of heart-healthy eating. Mark’s mother, who lives in Santa Rosa, suffers from emphysema due to smoking. Mark plans to be around to spoil grandchildren in twenty years, so is trying hard to break the chain of parents’ poor examples when it comes to health.
Mark eats a healthy diet, sweats regularly at a gym in Windsor and can often be found doing the downward dog at a Sebastopol yoga studio. Mark has a strong immune system and, fortunately, hardly ever gets sick. (Don’t discount the obsessive hand-washing.) And in case you were wondering, Mark doesn’t touch cigarettes.
This all sounds good so far, right? Here is the problem. In spite of diligence, Mark often feels less-than-normal. Why? Insomnia. Not occasional sleeplessness, Mark goes weeks with wide awake sleep time. Our poor insomniac has watched all the old movies that play on TCM–several times each!
If you suffer from insomnia, you know that it doesn’t matter if you have a heart rate of 20, a bloodstream free of cholesterol and can run a four-minute mile–you still feel lousy!
A friend in Graton challenged me to compare some good sleep aids to find one that works for me. I start tonight with 7Hour Slumber. I did some extensive research and found only positive feedback about this all natural sleep remedy. I will use it for a week and then try California to see which one is the most effective for chronic sleeplessness. Check back soon for the end of the story.
I hope to live (and sleep) happily ever after.
