My twenty-year-old pillow died several years ago. Instead of supporting my neck, my head just plunked down. That led to back pain and insomnia. I need

How Can We Realize the Experiment is Over and It’s Time to Clean Up?

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2024-06-28 02:00:05

My twenty-year-old pillow died several years ago. Instead of supporting my neck, my head just plunked down. That led to back pain and insomnia. I needed to sleep.

The manufacturer is out of business and there was no straight replacement. That’s when I started to experiment. I bought many pillows. The image on the left is just a few of them. (!!)

But I felt a little like Goldilocks. Some pillows were too flat and some were too high. Others retained heat, which triggered insomnia.

After a couple of years (!) of experiments, I finally found a pillow I liked. After I slept on it for several months and stopped complaining about my neck or my back, Mark (my long-suffering husband) asked when I planned to get rid of all my pillows.

I deftly changed the conversation because I wasn’t sure. “Later,” I said. “I need to make sure this pillow works.”

I had months of data that this pillow worked. What was I waiting for? I was afraid to get rid of the pillows in case I needed them later. What would I do without all these pillows?