Productivity at its Finest

Insomnia is always fun.
My ways to combat the sleeplessness:

(if due to racing thoughts/over-thinking Visualize the thought as a piece of paper stretched across the frame of your mind, rip it to shreds.
Visualization also could involve the thought as an image, canvas or picture which you then can 'paint' over.
(due to any cause) Load up on over the counter sleep medication (warning, I have to take more then recommended to even get a little drowsy. And I'm tiny. So they may be useless. At least it could work as a placebo)
Make a story or world or character in your head, then complete the story, explore the world, or become the character. I do this a lot with story ideas I have had or with short bits I have written. This is a nice distraction from any bad thoughts as well as getting your focus away from being tired and any stress that comes with not being able to sleep.
Write to yourself. This can be thoughtful or seemingly meaningless. (this 'writing' can be physically getting up and writing, leaving yourself a message in your phone, or simply stepping back from yourself a telling yourself in your own mind.
Pray, be it about the problem (insomnia, racing thoughts, emotions, sickness or whatever your cause) or simply having a nice little chat with God.
Soul search (could be in conjunction with the writing one) think through yourself. Your actions, emotions and thoughts.
Listen to music (whatever genre/artist/playlist is most likely to calm and distract you, for me it is Flogging Molly)
Read a book (hopefully not one you will have problems putting down as this is only meant for a short term distraction)
Make a list- of any thing. Thought if the insomnia is due to a thought based problem this could have the opposite effect.
Have a fake conversation with a person. (aka talk to yourself inly pretending that your answers or questions are from another)
Write on your blog. As I am currently demonstrating.

Absolute NO-NOS:
Do not, for the love of God and all that is holy, 'check Facebook' UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THIS A GOOD IDEA.
Don't start watching TV, too much stimulation and is detrimental to sleep.
No late night eating. Bad. Plan. (surrounding circumstances might allow for this one)
Do not Text someone. (Usually a bad plan in my case but this is the most subjective)
NO YOUTUBE VIDEOS, once you start it is near impossible to stop when you really should.

This has been my tips and tricks of Insomnia.