Add A Soccer Match of Sleep
Somewhere, in the back of my mind, there is the nagging sensation that I can do more than I am doing right now.
Very present, in the front of my mind, is the realization that I need more sleep than I think I do and that Gin and I will never be friends again.
Both come as a bit of a surprise. The sleep and the Gin, I mean. The "you are not using your potential thing" is just like, well, duh, none of us is really using EVERY LAST BIT OF OUR AWESOMENESS.
The nature of potential is that it is infinite. Potential is kind of like the end of the rainbow, you never quite reach it. The pot of gold will never be yours but perhaps you'll still find some worthwhile treasure along the way. It's how I came into my favourite fluffy slippers and the mascara that makes my eyes pop every time.
While "reaching my potential" and I hashed things out years ago, the thing about the gin is really unfortunate because I only discovered the holy grail of pepper and cucumber in a Gin and Tonic recently. Our parting is way too soon.
On the list of big AHA moments, sleep, though, is a stranger thing than I realized. I know that sleep is massively important. I once even read a whole book about how important it was which subsequently made me worry so much that I didn't sleep well for two weeks. Honestly, reading books about "this stuff is important" is good for the information, but not so good for the nerves. I almost quit coffee over THIS picture...(Maria Juana is looking good, tho!)
Drugs administered to a spider affect its ability to build a web.
Anyway, sleep is important.
So I make sure I get my eight hours or more. But lately, it has been more. Not just a few minutes or half an hour more, but a whole 90 minutes more. I need a whole soccer match of extra shuteye every night.
Somehow, that is more than thought I needed.
But I really do seem to need it. I don't have trouble falling asleep the next night, I don't wake up with a headache, and I feel reasonably rested throughout the day. So I guess that's just what is good right now. Perhaps, I'll get a few months as a hyperproductive lark once I am through my perma-hibernation.
So, sometimes, you need more sleep than you think is reasonable. Don't beat yourself up about it. Just add a soccer match.
