Have you ever reached that point in your day when you’ve been up too long expended too much energy and you simply do not have the mental power left to fall asleep.
Transitioning from work mode to rest mode ideally would be a very simple task where you could decouple your brain from the previous activities and focus on recreation. However that shifting of focus can take energy. Sometimes that shift can take more energy than we have to give. When that happens, The exhaustion sets in. You can feel it deep in your bones like a sub zero chill.
And it is the type of cold that it takes a long time to warm up from. So next time you’re too tired to rest, see what mediocre of energy you can scrounge to make the full transition. Whether that means listening to some new music, getting some new food, taking that shower, or changing into comfortable clothes, that short-term exertion will bring so much rest.