I hate to credit Jon Bon Jovi with anything similar to a life credo, but here we go....
Lately, mostly due to the wonders of NyQuil, I have actually been sleeping through the night. This is not normal for me. I'll usually wake up at least once. Often more. I guess (when sober) I tend to be a very light sleeper, so that probably doesn't help, either.
Seeing as sleep doesn't much seem to like me, I tend not to like it. I actually tend to view sleep as a necessary evil. No matter how little sleep I get, I can always remedy it with coffee. Always. I can have completely normal days with just two hours of sleep, but I know that will kick me in the ass if I try it too often, so I try to avoid them. Often 4 to 6 hours will be quite adequate for my needs. Anything more than that feels unnecessary, and generally a waste of my time.
I've never been the type to sleep in, either. In order to sleep in until 10 or 11 (which I am aware doesn't consitute sleeping in to most people), I often have to be up until 3 or 4 or later, otherwise I'm up by 8 or 9, even on a Saturday morning with no reason to actually be up yet.
I have no idea why this is. Maybe it's because my parents were never the types to sleep in, perfering naps, but I've never taken to napping. They tend to screw my system up (I'm easily 25% stupider within 2 hours of waking up, regardless of whether I sleep for 20 minutes, or 10 hours), so I try to avoid them. They also make my tendancy to stay up just cuz I can a little more acute. Apparently my dad does the same thing. I like to call it "playing insomnia" where I just find things to do in order to avoid sleeping. In fact, most times I go to sleep are only because I feel I should. It's not traced to any desire to be in bed. Oh, and I also take forever to get to sleep even when I choose to, leaving me tossing and turning for what can seem like hours.
This isn't to say that I begrudge anyone their sleep. If you want and/or need it to be at your best, by all means... sleep. I just won't.
Seeing as sleep doesn't much seem to like me, I tend not to like it. I actually tend to view sleep as a necessary evil. No matter how little sleep I get, I can always remedy it with coffee. Always. I can have completely normal days with just two hours of sleep, but I know that will kick me in the ass if I try it too often, so I try to avoid them. Often 4 to 6 hours will be quite adequate for my needs. Anything more than that feels unnecessary, and generally a waste of my time.
I've never been the type to sleep in, either. In order to sleep in until 10 or 11 (which I am aware doesn't consitute sleeping in to most people), I often have to be up until 3 or 4 or later, otherwise I'm up by 8 or 9, even on a Saturday morning with no reason to actually be up yet.
I have no idea why this is. Maybe it's because my parents were never the types to sleep in, perfering naps, but I've never taken to napping. They tend to screw my system up (I'm easily 25% stupider within 2 hours of waking up, regardless of whether I sleep for 20 minutes, or 10 hours), so I try to avoid them. They also make my tendancy to stay up just cuz I can a little more acute. Apparently my dad does the same thing. I like to call it "playing insomnia" where I just find things to do in order to avoid sleeping. In fact, most times I go to sleep are only because I feel I should. It's not traced to any desire to be in bed. Oh, and I also take forever to get to sleep even when I choose to, leaving me tossing and turning for what can seem like hours.
This isn't to say that I begrudge anyone their sleep. If you want and/or need it to be at your best, by all means... sleep. I just won't.
posted by Iain @ 12:39 PM
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