The main thing I do is put Lavendar scented hand cream or body cream on. Lavender pus me to sleep rather quickly. Then I count animals, not sheep. I do not have any sheep, but have a horse, a steer, 13 parrots, 5 dogs, several cats mostly barn cats, chickens, and ducks. Oh forgot the 2 pot belly pigs and the 4 pygmy goats. So if I count by name (chickens and ducks do not have names) I usually fall asleep before I get to the end. But it probably is the lavender that does me in for the rest of the night. I keep the creams on the bedside table.