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By Steven Crew
One of the best ways to induce sleep is to not have any worries. Since that's not likely in today's world, you may need a hobby or some other distraction to take your mind off your daily stress.




Doubly powerful would be something that distracts, as well as working toward eliminating your worries. Here are three easy ways to get started on things that allow you to sleep at night.



1 Have something to Live For. If you don't have a job, there are many ways to create one out of thin air. There has essentially been a growing digital economy that has existed since the inception of the Internet; check Google's stock price if you haven't heard their success (and that's only one company). Why not join the fun by creating a blog?



If you decide to take the freelance blog plunge, keep in mind that you can't blog about anything negative. Do not create blog posts about things you would not normally talk about in the course of your day with friends, co-workers or around the general public. Stick to positive information that helps other people, and - who knows - you may become an authority figure in whatever blogging world you choose to exist in (as long as you write what you know).



You can fast track a blog career with a free blog at Google Blogger, if you:



* Blog often (this is relative to what you blog about).



* Research search engine optimization (SEO) a bit; your blog posts must fit a certain format to be effective.



* Write separate articles about your topic to submit to article sites such as EzineArticles. These very important articles provide critical SEO back-hyperlinks that cause your blog to rise to the top of the heap.



* Quote and link to subject matter experts from within your blog; in other words, other articles writers, bloggers, and so forth.



* Post comments and your blog URL at other blogs and sites that allow comments.



* Lean toward maximizing AdSense placement, without overkill (Google owns Blogger and AdSense, which makes advertising-with-you-on-the-revenue-receiving-end very easy). You are limited on the total number of AdSense ads you can place on one blog page, but if you place your ads at the top of blog posts as close to title and text as is physically possible, readers will see your ads and click on them.



* Whatever you do, don't give up because this method is not a scam. Over a period of months, maybe over a year, it can provide enough AdSense revenue to subsist on as a freelance writer.



Your newfound "reason to live," otherwise known as a "hobby" (until it begins to produce revenue) does not necessarily have to be a blog. It can be online job training or some form of higher learning. It can be a refreshed job search (buy the latest copy of What Color is Your Parachute, and then send the author a Thank You note since he's one of the few who actually knows how you can get a job, if you need one). If you need fast cash, start a business like lawn care, neighborhood ironing, baby-sitting, or a newspaper or paper-advertising route.



The bottom line is that you need something that excites you before you go to work, while you are at work, and when you get home at the end of the day.



2 If you wonder why you wake up in the middle of the night: It's probably because you have unfinished business, and your brain is reminding you about all the things you didn't do yesterday. The effect - the little reminder jolt that you receive - is similar to that of driving away from your house on vacation, and then suddenly trying to remember if you left the oven on (you may have, you should go back and check; you could have a nicer trip if you go back).



So, boing, you're awake. What to do next? You can lay there and toss and turn. Or, you can feed the effect and get up and do something. Many people do higher learning late at night. Other people get up very early in the morning because they are rested and thus able to concentrate better. Rephrased, their incomplete coursework is what pushes them to wake up. It's what gives them the boing.



3 Take a break. The basic drill for having something that makes you excited about going to work each day is that whatever it is - probably doesn't have anything to do with your day job. You owe your boss eight hours a day (or whatever you signed up for), so the suggestion in this article is not to do crafts at your desk when you're supposed to be working.



Whatever you develop as a hobby should be something that interests you enough to make you want to rise earlier than most people - to allow you to work on it each day before you go to work; also to develop ways to work on it when you're on break or at lunch at your job. Cell phones are a great way to track information, with all the new calendar, messaging, and task settings on the phones. Or, keep a small notebook and pen with you at all times, to jot down things you are to do at the end of your day. Basically, use any ethically-correct spare time you have available at your day job to further your hobby efforts.



Again, a most important aspect of sleep quality is to have something to look forward to the next morning. You truly need something that causes you to spring out of bed at whatever time you choose to rise - no alarm clocks allowed; you must awake rested on your own after seven-plus hours of uninterrupted sleep - rather than the opposite - which is to drag yourself out of bed each morning.



If you don't have the motivation to wake up in the morning it detracts from your ability to sleep comfortably - right up until the cold grey morning attacks you with an alarm bell (bam!).



Crew contributes free articles to the 7 Easy Ways blog at http://www.7easyways.com.



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