43 ways to fall asleep faster

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I couldn’t sleep the other night. That led to a discussion the next day, which led to a series of Google searches, which lead to the realization that "tips on how to fall asleep" has to be one of the most-explored and most-repeated topics on the internet.

So, here's a compendium, for the next time you find yourself staring at the ceiling in the middle of the night. (These came mostly from Best Life, PureWow, and Prevention.)

They’re not in any particular order. Some were common sense; some were more surprising. Let me know which ones work for you.

1. Wear socks. A 1999 article in Nature found that the warmer people’s feet are, the faster they fall asleep.

2. Drink cherry juice. Why? Get more procyanidins and anthocyanins (sleep-inducing chemicals). How? .

3. Blow bubbles. Dr. Rachel E. Salas, MD of the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins: “When the brain sees the bubble go off and disappear or pop … You visually see something kind of released out of you."

4. Get more sun during daylight hours. A …