Jacob Lee

Essay 3 (Draft 1): Process

Writing (2), Spring 2021

How to Overcome Insomnia

In busy society, a lot of people are suffered from insomnia, so there are some processes

you should obey to overcome insomnia. In the following steps, the symptom of insomnia

will relieve. The processes should maintain for a few days, then you will see the changes

after that.

First step, sleeping and waking up at the regular time each day. Controlling your sleep

time can effectively let your body know when to take a rest. And you should avoid to take a

nap and use bed the bed only for sleeping.

Second step, you should not eat or drink right before going to bed. Eating a late dinner

or snacking before going to bed can activate the digestive system and keep you up. In

addition, drinking a lot of liquid can overwhelm the bladder, so you may interrupt the sleep to

go to the bathroom. And it can make you hard to fall asleep again.

The final step, make your sleeping environment comfortable and get all your worrying

over. Keeping the noise out and turn on the air conditioner or heater to make sure the setting

is comfortable enough to make you fall asleep. If you find you always thinking about

tomorrow or review the day and to make plans for the next day. Trying not to do these
things while trying to fall asleep, you can make a list to write down, what you should do or

you have not finished, before going to sleep.

The process may uneasily to maintain, and the result may not appear

immediately. So, the point is you should not give up, and do the processes everyday. Even if

you overcome insomnia, you still can make the processes be your habit to let your life

become healthier.