I have struggled with insomnia for about 4 years. I would wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to sleep again often for 3 or 4 hours or sometimes just not at all. This would leave me feeling extremely grumpy the next day, sometimes exhausted to the point of having trouble driving, and affected my performance in my job and my ability to connect with my kids. I have found a variety of different practices that have been helpful for me to keep me from waking up on the middle of the night, or if I do wake up to get back to sleep within a short period of time. They aren’t foolproof, I still have nights occasionally that leave me exhausted, but they are far fewer and I have learned to cope with the tiredness better even on those days that are the worst.