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I really love sleep.

I mean, I really REALLY love sleep.

Sometimes I think about the things that I love more than sleep and, man, it's a short list. It's a short list that consists of the precise reasons I don't get enough sleep.

Their names are Mila and Alexis. One before the other, one more than other, but always one or the other gets in the way of glorious, glorious sleep.

Given how much I adore my friend sleep and how rarely I get to spend time with her, you would think that I would be thorough in figuring out how to make the best of our time together. You would think that I would make sure I have the comfiest of beds, the best of blankets, and the perfect pillow. You would think wrong. The fact of the matter is that I'm too tired to think those things through.

That's my excuse for why I've had the wrong pillow for years and years. I just didn't know, nor did I think about it because sleep. What's that? I forget. It might be what Mila is dragging around all over the living room right now (at 10:30 pm, no less), but I can't be sure because I'm too tired to go look.

Sleeeeeeep.

ANYWAY.

I never knew I had the wrong pillow. I still wouldn't know if a Technogel pillow hadn't shown up on my doorstep. I never knew that the reason my neck was wonky every morning and the reason my back wasn't quite right each day was that the super fluffy down pillow I've slept on for years was wrong. All wrong. It was too soft and not right and just plain awful in comparison to what I have now.

The difference was instant. One night with the Technogel pillow that was selected because I'm a side sleeper who doesn't like contour anything, and suddenly all the "man, I'm getting old" creaks of the morning were gone. ONE NIGHT.

I'm kind of ticked about all of those nights I didn't have it. A PILLOW. A pillow is all it took to fix my creaky neck and back. Mind you, it's a pillow filled with unicorn tears and magical little minions who exist solely to make sure I sleep as comfortably as possible. Still, A PILLOW.

If you would like to see if you can vastly improve upon your relationship with sleep like I did, leave a comment below telling me your preferred sleep position. (For example, my absolute preferred position is currently on my side as the big spoon while Mila little spoons her way into my heart.) (Baby cuddles, man. They're awesome, even if they do come with a side of frequently awake.) I will pick one comment at random from all comments received by midnight on August 19th. Technogel will send the comment author a fancy new pillow of their own. Easy!

To increase your odds of winning your own pillow filled with unicorn tears and magical little minions, you can also check out this contest. Upload a photo of why you #WakeUpInspired and you can win a pillow AND $2000. Because awesome.

By the way, this is why I #WakeUpInspired.