📅 Daily Check-in - March 20, 2026

💭 Reflection:

"One big win today... I enjoyed the best night's sleep I've had in months last night. I added Myo Inositol to my supplement sleep stack earlier in the week after Jim had mentioned it during a call (and that likely takes a few weeks to fully start helping), but I made another big change that I believe helped significantly. Ever since the 5-day challenge, I stopped listening to podcasts that might be overstimulating while trying to fall asleep or trying to get back to sleep when the nightly cortisol spike around 3-4 wakes me up, and I had started listening to positive affirmations to protect those precious Theta wave times for an hour before sleep and after waking. I explained to Sage two days ago that those affirmations, while calming, were not enough to keep my ADHD brain engaged and prevent it from spinning out into anxious thoughts about fifty different things I hadn't done the day before or needed to get done once I start my day. Sage suggested I switch from affirmations when waking in the middle of the night to NSDR (Non-Sleep Deep Rest) or Yoga Nidra. I had never heard of those, and while I am lying in bed and actually trying to get back to sleep rather than replace sleep with moments of deep rest while awake, NSDR has been a game-changer so far. It's just enough to keep me grounded in my body and keep my brain from spinning out while allowing me to sink back into sleep. I woke a few times in the middle of the night, but was able to turn that on and get back to sleep each time. I couldn't believe it when I woke up this morning around 7 am and realized I had slept for most of the night. Today is going to be a great day. I think I've been sleep-deprived for months in ways I haven't been since I had a colicky baby 20 years ago. Sage really nailed this one!

I feel so rested I had no problem getting up to enjoy my soft morning launch (even on a Saturday, which is huge for me since I typically rush to get moving and catch up on things around the house that have fallen by the wayside during the work week, or I procrastinate and drag the morning out by doomscrolling and wishing I was being productive but not actually starting.) I took my morning supplements, enjoyed my Chai Mud Water drink, opened the blinds for some morning sunlight (not ideal through the glass, but it was still 50 degrees Fahrenheit and I don't do well in cold), and sat down to work on my creative endeavors for an hour and a half. "

📊 Wellbeing Scores:

😊 Happiness: 7/10

⚡ Energy: 7/10

🎯 Focus: 7/10

😌 Calmness: 4/10

🌙 Sleep Quality: 8/10

🔥 Motivation: 7/10

⭐ Average: 6.7/10

✅ Activities from yesterday:

🛏️ Good Sleep

🌙 Early Bedtime

☀️ Morning Sunlight