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Trouble sleeping?

I have no problem falling asleep. It kind of annoys my wife how quickly I can fall asleep. My head hits the pillow and I’m out within minutes. She might even be talking to me and I start to snore (thus the annoyance). Now to defend myself, it’s not that I didn’t think her thoughts were important, it’s just that my body has decided when I lie down, it’s shutting down.  So I have no trouble getting to sleep, but staying asleep is another story. I’ve talked with friends who shared how they slept in and got 10 hours of sleep. I’m jealous. First, I’m wondering how they can even do that, and then I find myself longing to do that. My body has decided that I should wake up after six hours whether I want to or not. I’ve tried arguing with my body and telling it that it really wants to sleep longer, but so far it hasn’t listened. Six hours and no more. You can do the simple math. If I go to bed at 10:30 PM, I’m waking up at 4:30 AM. And on some occasions my body says, “Today, I think five hours