7 Good Minutes: Extra - Swap Falling Asleep for Resting With Your Eyes Closed

One instruction, given to yourself as you get into bed tonight, and it isn't go to sleep. It's this: I'm going to lie here and rest, and I don't have to sleep. Then do exactly that. Lie still, eyes closed, warm and dark, mind wherever it wants to go. Nothing timed, nothing managed. When the thought arrives, the am I asleep yet, answer it the same way each time. Doesn't matter. I'm resting. For the harder nights there's one more piece: if lying there turns into real frustration, get up, keep the lights low, and do...