CAN YOU SLEEP PROPERLY AT NIGHT?

Nowadays I can’t sleep as well as I would like to.

If you had made  had asked me this question several years ago, even when I was a child, my answer would probably have been different.

(Entiendo que en español se puede decir, si me hubieses hecho esta pregunta, y esto se traduce a, if you had made this question....pero en ingles esto es un error. Es como decir en español, dejame saber cuando llega tu avión; claro, en Inglés se dice, let me know when your plane arrives, pero la traducción de "let me know" a "dejame saber", aunque correcta literalmente, no se dice así en español)

In fact, I used to sleep like a log even though I shared my bedroom with my two brothers who used to snore. I used to fall asleep as soon as I went to bed. I still remember when I overslept because I was in such a heavy sleep that I did not listen to hear (oír vs escuchar) the alarm clock and I arrived late at school. When I was a child, the more I slept the more I wanted to sleep. 

But currently/nowadays I don’t sleep properly at night sometimes and I feel exhausted during the morning.

(Así como está la oración, no está clara ya que no se si quieres decir que no puedes dormir adecuadamente algunas veces, o si quieres decir que algunas veces te sientes cansada en la mañana. Entonces la escribo en dos formas con el enfásis 1, algunas veces no puedo dormir adecuadamente  2 me siento casada algunas veces en la mañana)

1. But nowadays, sometimes at night I don't sleep properly  and I feel exhausted during the morning.

2. But nowadays at night I don't sleep properly, and sometimes I feel exhausted during the morning.

I don’t suffer from insomnia but I usually have restless nights.

From my point of view, I believe that/I think that as you get older, you start to have problems getting to sleep.

(Desde mi punto de vista aunque se traduce a "from my point of view,"  en inglés no significa lo mismo. 

We use from my point of view to express how we see something or how it affects us personally. When we are expressing our beliefs or opinions, we use in my opinion or in my view.

Como puedes ver, la diferencia es bien sútil. 

In my view=I believe=I think=In my opinion)  

In my case, is maybe because I have a lot of things on my mind, or because I feel stressed. In fact, sometimes I have nightmares and I wake up in the middle of the night and then I can’t get back to sleep again. I can’t imagine what would I do if I had to get used to working at nights.

Finally, as I don’t want to cry over spilt milk, I have pulled my socks up in order to improve my dreams, because I would wish not to have to take sleeping tablets.

because I would wish not to have to take ==this sounds convoluted.

es como decir en español, porque yo quisiera desear no tener que tomar

más simple sería decir, porque no me gustaría tomar...

Because I wouldn't like to take sleeping pills.

So, I have started to practice some good habits. For example, I don’t drink coffee in the evening; I try to avoid long naps; I practice sport regularly; and I take some relaxing tea before going to sleep. In adition, as I need complete darkness, I sleep with the curtains or blinds closed and furthermore I use a special pillow and I cover myself up with a duvet instead of blankets because I feel more comfortable.