When I can’t sleep, I turn around and sleep “upside down” - moving my pillows to where my feet were beforehand, and my feet to where my head was beforehand - and I stick with that for a week or so. It gives me a week or so without insomnia and then wears off, so I have to turn myself back around for the next 7-12 day period.
Admittedly this could just be a me thing, but let’s put our faith in this method and let the power of placebo effect take hold. Boom, minor bouts of sleeplessness are cured.
What are your own examples of this?
People on public transit (trance it) are in automatic mode and basically in a trance. They’re blocking your way? Just shove them out of the way. Pro tip: give kids and the elderly a pass.
That would be profoundly un-british of me. I did nudge someone out of the way once in a crowded space and, akthough he forgsve me, i kept on getting weird looks from my superior for the next few months, which i chalk up to them thinking I’m an asshole. I also onoy did it because i thought they were deliberately ignoring me
I call it “power saving” mode. I use public transportation to prepare myself for what drama will occur at work.
One time, someone asked me a question on the bus. Something like: “Where is Main Street?” And my brain didn’t work because I don’t divert power to my thinking brain while riding. I just remember pulling out my phone, clicking the map button, then showing him where it might be?
Guy was upset that I was one of “those guys” but I don’t know what you want from me.
I don’t know what people expect in that situation. If I’m on the bus I don’t know where shit is compared to anywhere else. Just like how if I’m on a train I only really know anything about stops I frequently use. And even then, I haven’t bothered learning many streets since everyone got gps all the time. I lived in a city for 5 years and knew maybe 4 major streets by name and location
I notice it’s a very extrovert thing to expect everyone to be “on” just because you’re out in public.