I say this 'cuz I feel like I'm only fully functional at night. Actually, I'm just more functional after5 in the afternoon. LOL, I have no idea why though. I was born at 11:45 PM - maybe that has something to do with it? Who knows.
Speaking of which, I've actually always wondered about things like that. Like you know, whether or not the time day, time and year you were born can actually determine things about you - personality traits, your own character, or even where your future! *Gasp*
For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in things like my horoscope and whether or not colour can determine things about me that I've never known before. Aha.
Come to think of it, I know it does. I mean, not personally, but I think I've taken enough tests! (aha, has anyone taken Tickle tests? They're so fun :D)
Anyways, basically, the majority of "work" that I get done is done during the night. Ranging from 11PM to 3AM. It's weird but it's when I have the most things to say and the most things running through my head. It may me being like ... what's that word?
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INSOMNIA! (Not gonna lie, totally had to google that)
Right, so a mild insomnia type thing?
Okay so I'm about to have an ADD moment. When I googled "Can't Sleep", I got to this page:
Practice "Good Sleep Hygiene." Here are some tips for you to try:
- No reading or watching TV in bed. These are waking activities. If your insomnia is chronic, it is not a good thing to do, says Dr. Alex Clerk, head of Stanford Sleep Disorder Clinic in Palo Alto.
- Go to bed when you're sleepy-tired, not when it's time to go to bed by habit.
- Wind down during the second half of the evening before bedtime. 90 minutes before bed, don't get involved in any kind of anxiety provoking activities or thoughts.
- Do some breathing exercises or try to relax major muscle groups, starting with the toes and ending with your forehead.
- Your bed is for sleeping, if you can't sleep after 15-20 minutes, get up and do something relaxing.
- Have your room cool rather than warm.
- Don't count sheep, counting is stimulating.
- Exercise in the afternoon or early evening, but no later than 3 hours before bedtime.
- Don't over-eat, and eat 2-3 hours before bedtime.
- Don't nap during the day.
- If you awake in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep within 30 minutes, get up and do something else.
- Have No coffee, alcohol or cigarettes two to three hours before bedtime.
- If you have disturbing dreams or nightmares add an ending that you want.
- Schedule a half-hour writing about your concerns and hopes in a journal every night to free up your sleep from processing your dilemmas as much.
- Listen to calming music or a self-hypnosis tape for sleep.
Anyways, I dunno ... I just like the night time. There's something so peaceful and calming about it. I would say that about the morning, but since I always end up falling asleep late, I miss that part of the day LOL.
I find actually, that there are days when I'm fully functional after having only 4 hours of sleep. I like to think that it's because sleeping for 4 hours is just a power nap instead of sleep-deprivation. It's not healthy but I did it three times in the past week alone aha, yowza.
Oh wait! Wow,
"14. Schedule a half-hour writing about your concerns and hopes in a journal every night to free up your sleep from processing your dilemmas as much."
That's amazing, I totally do this! Hopes, dreams, concerns, random thoughts. I've recently gotten really lazy though, not going to lie. Oh dang, but I drink coffee a lot, sometimes an hour before I go to bed. I don't believe that it keeps me awake anymore though ...
"7. Don't count sheep, counting is stimulating."
Aha! So true, I've tried this before and I got to like 300 and I felt more awake. You know what's a sure fire way to make yourself sleepy? Record your dullest Prof during a lecture and then play it before you go to bed. I tried doing this once - recording a prof. I did it because I was on my friends laptop during that class and knew I wouldn't listen. When I got home I was all set to listen and take down notes.
I fell asleep and woke up three hours later with a pen in my hand.
Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.
~Author Unknown
