Turning your mind off is not an option with this mix. You have to exhaust it. Otherwise, you'll just lie awake, playing with visions of all the things you'd rather be doing -- all the things you could accomplish with this time instead of just wasting it.
This is me trying to go to sleep every night. I know it'll take at least an hour for my brain to wind down. Also, Gemini over here, so... yeah. Let's do this!
I hope all this -- plus the New Moon in Aries -- gets you out of hibernation and back with us regularly again. Things are too quiet when you're gone.
Aw, thank you. My body has required a ton of self-care lately, and less screen time. Plus, I've been focused on manuscripts to feed the novel-writing side of my soul. Hard to be everywhere at once and still get the early bedtime I need because 12+ hour days with small children. ;) Could I please have an extra 10 hours per day just for me?
I've seriously thought that 36-hour days and 8-day weeks (3 of them just for week-ends ) might actually let me get caught up -- so we're thinking on the same lines with that one. I have no idea how I'd deal w/ 4yo twins. That's why I never had any. Life was always too full already. I hear teenagers are even worse -- so you might want to factor that into your plans and sleep schedule. Getting a jump-start on it all might not hurt. Take care.