Everyone knows that stories help people to fall asleep. That’s why parents read their children bedtime stories. It didn’t work for me when I was a child, because I refused to fall asleep until I’ve heard the end of the story. For that reason, it’s difficult for me to fall asleep while watching movies or listening to audiobooks or fiction podcasts. Last night though, I found something perfect. It’s a podcast called “Nothing much happens; bedtime stories for grown-ups." This podcast is supposed to make you feel sleepy and relaxed and prepare your body and brain to fall asleep. Nothing much happens in each episode, but these short stories are filled with cosy images and safe places that make you feel good and then you are suddenly asleep without thinking about it.
The storyteller’s voice is soft and calming. At the beginning of each story, she advises to deeply inhale and exhale. If you get used to it, it will become your falling asleep ritual, which will also help. The woman’s voice says every story twice, the second time a little bit slower.
Concerning the studying part, the stories are very simple, written in short sentences, therefore easy to understand. What is more, you will hear each story twice and some of the sentences will get stuck in your head. English is idiomatic with fixed structures, so the more of it you absorb, the easier it will be for you to build sentences yourself.
People also tend to remember more, if they study their target subject right before they go to sleep.
If you want to take it to another level, you can try to start writing such simple stories yourself. First with short sentences depicting everyday life details and then began to make them gradually more complicated.
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