Some simple thoughts:

First and foremost, stop drinking alcohol. Also, don’t smoke weed. Superficially, it seems like a good idea, but in actuality, you’re only putting a Band-Aid over the real core issue.

Also, I do not recommend melatonin even though it is “natural,” once again, another Band-Aid solution.

What we must do is identify and conquer root causes. For example, a very simple one is make it a hard-core rule to not watch TV shows, movies, or play video games in the evening. This is the irony, a lot of us watch TV shows because we have insomnia and cannot fall asleep. Yet this only exasperates the problem.

A simple thought about coffee and caffeine consumption

A very simple one: drink extreme amounts of coffee and caffeine first thing in the morning, but be very strict and abstain for the rest of the day. No matter how tempted you would be to be more “productive”.

I’ve never met anybody who has insomnia who walks 30,000 steps a day

The big issue about insomnia is that it is a modern one. Just try it out: spend a week tent camping, and strive to walk at least 30,000 steps a day. I can guarantee you that this will kill your insomnia.

But what if I can’t do that?

I suppose it comes down to this: how much do you care for your sleep? If you care more about your work, your money earning potential, perhaps sleep is not your priority. For me, sleep is for the gods.

Powerlifting and meat

Another very simple way to fall sleep: during the day, do a one rep max squat or deadlift, and in the evenings, allow yourself to eat as much beef brisket, beef ribs, or beef liver or beef heart as possible. I can guarantee you that this will knock your ass to sleep.

Still can’t fall asleep?

Then allow yourself to read as much as a paperback book as possible, until you fall asleep. No Kindle, no iPad.