“O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee? That thou no more wilt weigh mine eyelids down and sleep my senses in forgetfulness?”—William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1
The state of worldly affairs is enough to keep anyone awake, but when our sleep is regularly disrupted, it sets off a vicious cycle of fatigue and anxiety. Luckily, there are ways out of this loop besides sleeping pills—and you likely don’t even need the mythic eight hours of sleep per night.
