Sleep, The Expat Trends

From talking with others living abroad there always seems to be a shortage of sleep going around. I think a lot of it has to do with dealing with all of the cultural overhead you are faced with on a daily basis. Things just tire you out.

To combat this perpetual lack of sleep is the challenge. What do you do?

My latest attack was to buy a new pillow. I decided to try one of those crazy shaped space pillows. I had seen them before for something around 80 USD and couldn't come around to paying that much for a pillow. However, on a recent trip to Ikea I noticed they were selling some knock-offs for 30 USD. Seemed like an invitation to give it a try.

I settled on getting the Mjuk.

When you open the package the pillow comes with instructions that tells you it will take some time to get used to the pillow. It isn't something that is immediately comfortable. That is the truth. The first night I made it about 3 hours, then my neck hurt causing me to switch to my old pillow. The next night I decided to try it again. The second night was much better. I made it through the entire evening and felt well rested in the morning.

I continued using the pillow for the remainder of the week and I did feel that the pillow gave a good bit of support that is not there with my goose down pillow. At the end of the week I was sleeping comfortably on the new pillow. Then my wife wanted to give it a try for a week.

See slept on it for a week and just gave it back to me last night. You would have thought I would have been used to it, but no, my neck was a bit sore again last night. I expect tonight I'll be fine if it is anything like the first time around. I think I'll need a couple of more weeks on the new pillow before I decide it if is any better than a standard pillow.