How to Deal with Insomnia

In the Philippines, one of the most common sleeping disorders is insomnia. The average person needs 7-9 hours of sleep per night to function properly, and due to insomnia many people aren't getting the sleep they need. Here are some tips to help you get a good night sleep.

1.Make your bedroom a place of rest. Avoid using the bedroom for anything other than sleep so your body recognizes the bed as a place to sleep instead of watching television or reading books.

2. Go to bed at the same time each night and get out of bed each morning at the same time, regardless of your schedule. Sticking to a set schedule retrains your system as to when to sleep and when to wake up.

3.Make lifestyle changes to help eliminate insomnia. Eliminate the use of caffeine, nicotine and alcohol as they all inhibit your ability to sleep and have a direct impact on insomnia.

4. Exercise in the morning hours to rev your metabolism and awaken your system. Don't exercise in the evening hours, especially within three hours of going to bed.

5.Work on reducing your stress levels. Stress, even good stress such as a job promotion or moving to a new home can cause insomnia. Use yoga, stretching or relaxation techniques to reduce the stress and help you avoid the insomnia associated with it.

6.Create a specific bedtime routine. An example of such a routine would be to turn off the television, take a bath and drink a glass of milk before getting into bed. By setting a routine, your body learns that these specific steps lead to sleep and helps reduce or eliminates episodes of insomnia.

7.Try some natural ways of relaxing your body for sleep. Take a hot bath. Just don't make it too hot or stay in it too long. You want to relax, not exhaust yourself. Get a massage. If your significant other has magic fingers, take advantage of them to relax those muscles and prepare them to allow your body to sleep.

8.If nothing else works, you may require the assistance of a professional. Ask your physician for a referral.

Early Election Campaigning

Election is fast approaching. Well, many of our dear politicians are calling our attention once again. As a matter of fact, they are given enough time to campaign and promote their names as much as they want to but then, more often than not, majority of them end up in early campaigning.

Though these politicians are constantly denying the allegations that they started early campaigning, they seem to be insensitive of the Filipino citizens' call for just and fair election campaign.As we all see in our streets and even anywhere, politicians started to litter and flood them with their billboards, tarpaulins and the like to promote themselves. They also compete with the greeting during fiestas, birthdays and the like. Had it been without the air of election, these politicians wouldn't spend a dime on these paraphernalia.

A submitted article from the Multiply site of Boto Mo, iPatrol Mo would attest to the premature campaign of politicians.

While they are aware that they are campaigning prematurely, they would then defend themselves by saying that it's not campaigning yet but just merely showing gratitude to some people.

It is very obvious, even with our own two naked eyes how some of them abuse power and money to make those less fortunate politicians who patiently wait for the campaign period, lag behind them.

These politicians somehow touch of sense of intelligence by advertising themselves and blatantly asking us to cast our vote for him/ her.

Now, the question is how come the Commission on Elections remain blind sighted in all this issue? We haven't heard of politician or someone whose attention has been called by the Comelec due to early campaigning.

So far, they haven't done something regarding this issue which happens when election is upcoming.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court does not hold a candidate liable for any offense before the start of the campaign period. It promotes premature campaigning but still it doesn't ring a bell for me. Campaign period is given so with that short span of time, everyone has their own chance of being heard and known of.

I believe that the very reason why election campaign period is made is to give equal attention to politicians-- be him rich or poor, to promote and be known to the public. Unfortunately, the can afford ones always opt to go ahead and thus make their way in early election campaign.

As for the upcoming years, hopefully, politicians would be too kind enough to deeply understand the campaign period given by the Comelec so that this dilemma wouldn't happen all over and over again.