{"id":24736,"date":"2024-11-16T07:38:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T07:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=24736"},"modified":"2024-11-17T19:28:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T19:28:54","slug":"health-wellbeing-tipples-sleep-guests-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=24736","title":{"rendered":"HEALTH & WELLBEiNG: Tipples, Sleep, Guests, Etc."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Cat in the hat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We have our pal Patrick stopping over with us. Antonio is away in Spain for several weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night, after a beer and a wee dram o\u2019 brandy, I went to bed around 7.30 pm. I\u2019m typing this at roughly 7.30 am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to have a lot of problems around sleeping. These days? Less so. I did have a wakeful spell around 11-12 pm. So I read some Betjeman\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several chapters on old churches did the trick! Calming my troubled mind, and getting me back off to sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The small but regular consumption of booze is, potentially, a worrying development. I can\u2019t claim to be tee-total any more. And, although I\u2019m currently \u2018getting away with it\u2019, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good or sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems my mind and body chemistry is so volatile nowadays that I must of necessity adopt almost monkish levels of restraint and abnegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poss\u2019 further reading?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To promote calm, I\u2019ve had more of my affirmation cue-cards printed. Indeed, I intend to gift a few sets this Yuletide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have our pal Patrick stopping over with us. Antonio is away in Spain for several weeks. Last night, after a beer and a wee dram o\u2019 brandy, I went to bed around 7.30 pm. I\u2019m typing this at roughly 7.30 am. I used to have a lot of problems around sleeping. These days? Less … <\/p>\n

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