It has happened to all of us. Lying in bed—can’t sleep. Not even a late night Hulu session can do the trick. It’s time to nip this problem in the bud. Here are some healthy ways to get the well-deserved sleep you need:

1. Exercise more. It wouldn’t kill you to take off those sweatpants you’ve been wearing since Presidents Day weekend and head over to the OMAC.
2. Don’t nap. It will likely make you less tired come bedtime.
3. Avoid doing work on or in your bed. You want your bed to be a soporific sanctuary, not a worry ward.
4. Steer clear of caffeine (and other stimulants) after the sun sets.
5. Try to maintain a regular sleep pattern. Going to bed around the same time every night can help normalize your biological clock.
6. Stop stressing about it! Worrying about insomnia can make it worse. Put sleep on the back burner and focus on other things.
7. Avoid bright lights when approaching bedtime. Light late at night can trick your body into thinking it is daytime.
8. Get off before you doze off. Take a page out of Marvin Gaye’s book and try some Sexual Healing.
9. Meditate before bed. It will calm your nervous system and clear your head.
10. Melatonin. This naturally occurring hormone is secreted by your pineal gland and can be taken over the counter to treat insomnia.

And of course there are the less healthy methods:

1. Alcohol. From a glass of red wine to the SciLi Challenge, alcohol can help get the job done. While it might help you pass out fall into a slumber more easily, BEWARE, because too much of it will reduce the quality of your sleep.
2. Marijuana. Mary Jane is probably good at tucking you in, but her continual use before bed may cause an unhealthy dependency.
3. The Owen Wilson method. It’s quick, effective, and kind of scary.

Today’s Morning Mail came with the first tip in a week to better sleep from Health Services. It told readers they should avoid or limit intake of caffeine, nicotine and alcohol – which can all cause disturbances to sleep.

Now’s not exactly the right time to tell students to lay off the caffeine. How else are we supposed to stay awake to do all the reading, writing and studying required of us? And without alcohol, how are we supposed to cope with the crushing weight of finals?

Thanks, Health Services, for a well-intentioned message at the totally wrong time. We’ll be looking forward to what other sleeping tips we’ll receive this week. Next you’ll probably be telling us we shouldn’t go to Cinco de Mayo Fish Co.

The Albuquerque, N.M., public school district is beating us at our own game.

According to local news coverage, the district is proposing to move back school start times for high-school students in their district to let teens sleep an hour later each day. They say their teens don’t get sleepy until around 11 p.m., and so the students aren’t getting the sleep they need to learn. Their evidence? A Brown University study.

(Sorry, but yes — Brown does still have 9 a.m. classes.)