Apr 12 2021 13 mins
It is a calculation I have been doing pretty much every night since I was a teenager. It is a calculation that has tyrannised my life since then. It has left me exhausted and feeling like I have less time in my life for the things that give me joy. And I have decided to enough is enough.
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What is this calculation? It is the one where you go to bed and then think about what time you need to rise. You figure out what time you need to leave the house tomorrow, subtract an hour and then set the alarm. This calculation takes no heed of how much sleep you need. It pays no attention to comfort and relaxation in the morning. It sets you up for a headlong rush to the door in the morning. Because we are not paying attention to how much sleep we need, we are progressively getting deeper and deeper into sleep debt. We keep going until we crash and burn. Instead we should be engineering our sleep patterns to not only get us the optimum amount of sleep we need, but also to carve time for the the things that bring us joy. Whatever that joy is for you- writing, creating, family, breathing space- you can find more of it by planning your sleep patterns, controlling them rather than letting them control you. Lockdown has meant I have slipped back into old habits, but I am committing to getting back into control and finding more joy in my world as a result. Who's with me?
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