Know what really helps? Have a wind down routine. A book and SleepyTime tea (you can get that at almost any supermarket or CVS/Rite Aid). Maybe it's a mental thing but sleepytime tea always helps.

I sleep like a baby, all the time!

Just a heads up, "biweekly" means once every two weeks! I have made the same mistake myself. But I would suggest changing your opening line :)

P.S. good show guys!

I've read that eating fruit before going to bed can help. 

And this has no scientific proof or backing, but try sleeping with lots of pillows. It helps me! That and ear plugs and eye masks.

Um, I don't have too many problems with insomnia, but if I do, I try warm milk while reading.  

Julia, thank you for getting rid of the bangs!  Meghan, I LOVE the top. And I also noticed Mary's showing a whole lot of leg these days. Wow.

If only we had the willpower to stick to good schedules, go to the gym, love our job, keep to a budget, eat right, and good sense in relationships, maybe we could get a good night's sleep.

Until then I suggest warm milk and cashmere socks

As a freelance writer, I find it hard to fall asleep when I work hard into the night and stay up writing until 2 or 2:30 before I get in bed. I'm most creative at night, as many of us are, so I like to bust out my best work then. But doing this robs me of precious time I could be falling asleep with my boyfriend several hours earlier and having an easier time doing so. I think for writers and bloggers it's just important to try and keep a regular 9-5 schedule as everyone else does, even if you work out of your apartment. That way you can be on the same schedule as others and put work aside (even if you live at your office) and wind down at night.

I like to think I manage my sleeping habits pretty well. I don’t often have insomnia, but am the type of person that doesn’t like to get a lot of sleep. I’m usually good with six hours, maybe eight on a weekend. Every once in a while, I’ll stay up really late at night and only get a couple hours sleep before I have to get ready for work the next day. I don’t call it insomnia, though, because I think it’s all in my head.

The reason I don’t sleep as much as I should is that I have this nagging feeling in the back of my head each day asking me “Was today a waste?” I won’t pretend that I am this super productive person. In fact, most days if I watch a really good movie or TV show, I feel satisfied with that day. I can sleep. Some days, though, it seems like all I did was wake up, go to work, go home, eat dinner, and go to bed. Those are the nights that I think this nagging feeling tells my body not to go to sleep. The majority of the time I don’t even try to fight it. I’ll stay up an extra couple hours doing something fun and then go to bed feeling like at least I had that time.

I think it’s all about ownership. There are so many things that I have to do every day. I have to get up and get ready. I have to go to work. I have to contribute to the cleanliness of the house. I have to help with the needs of my children. I have to eat. I have to sleep. These are all things that I don’t feel like I have control over and therefore don’t think I own. It seems to me that my nagging feeling comes from being able to do things that I do control, that I own. I choose to write in my blog. I choose to spend time with my wife. I choose to read a book. I choose to go for a walk. I choose to play with my kids. I choose to watch TV. I am pretty confident that the days when I feel like I owned some of my activities, I can sleep.

I don’t know if anyone else’s mind works like that, but maybe I’ve stumbled on a cure for some insomniacs. It may even be cure for more than that. So here’s my advice to the world: Own something each day.