best thing i have found for getting my mind to let go of the thoughts bouncing around in there is to focus on my breathing. because when i focus on just the air going in and out my mind cannot focus on the thoughts on the same time. and so my mind becomes empty. it and my body calms down. and after a minute or a few of them i drift off to sleep again.
this simple thing has helped to get my well-needed sleep during quite a few nights over the past 3 or 4 years.
6. appreciate the little things around you in life.
during the summer and fall i spend 