Day 236: Sleeping

For the past couple of days I did not sleep very well. We live in a corner house, and when the sun turns during the day, it is shining at our outside wall. Therefore the house is picking up the heat and does not cool very well at night. And since it is so warm, I do not sleep very well.

But to put it in perspective, we also do have a mobile airco, which we still haven’t used. So is it really that bad? I think we will survive. Tonight some rain is expected, so hopefully that will cool a little bit. And for the next couple of days the weather will be a lot cooler. So instead of whining about bad sleeping, I will probably complain about the weather.

Because of the bad sleeps I felt really tired this afternoon, so I went to bed for a nap. Did a short meditation first and slept for about 1,5 hour. It really did me good. They say that taking naps is good for your health, brains and for inspiration. So I definately should do it more often. Inspiration wise I am taking it literally. So today’s Top 10 is about music again. 10 songs about sleep or (not) sleeping.

While the music is about sleeping, some of them are not the best songs to fall asleep to. You might want to look for something different then. Yesterday I did a meditation before I went to sleep and that worked fine. In the past I listened to KLF’s Chill Out for years to fall asleep to.


1. Faithless – Insomnia

2. Golden Earring-I Can’t Sleep Without You

3. Metallica – Enter Sandman

4. The Weeknd – Blinding Lights

5. Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn

6. Ben Gold – The City Sleeps Tonight

7. The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight

8. Above & Beyond – Can’t Sleep (Signum Remix)

9. Masters At Work feat. India – I Can’t Get No Sleep (Morales Late Nite Mix)

10. Jason Mraz – Sleep All Day