What do you on those nights when you just have to go to sleep but it's darn impossible?

What do you on those nights when you just have to go to sleep but it's darn impossible?
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I normally put Solaris on (the George Clooney one) it’s so slow but has those deep humming noises you get on spaceships (apparently) and that normally gets me off to sleep.
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