So the other day when I went downtown I overheard a woman on the bus tell someone that sleep is a luxury. This kind of thinking makes me sad.
Now I understand that there are sometimes very legitimate reasons why a person might not get enough sleep. For example, if you have a baby that doesn’t sleep through the night. I get it. That makes it very tough.
But I think in general, our society is so focused on “being productive” and getting things done. So much so, that sometimes other important parts of our lives suffer. You know. Things like family, friends, and our health.
I think maybe I am just getting older. I am noticing now how awful I feel if I don’t get enough sleep, and how it affects my productivity, my mood, even my body. I am also really starting to accept that I am not where I want to be, not by a longshot, in terms of my health and I need to do something about it.
And that starts with making time for sleep, exercise, myself. That might mean going to bed at a reasonable hour instead of waiting for Maine to go to work first. Making time to go to the gym instead of wasting hours on the internet (hello). Maybe I am still basking in the glow of New Years Resolution town.
What about you guys? Did you make resolutions? Have you stuck to them? Am I getting old or am I just crazy?
I just basically made 1 resolution, and that was to journal daily, which is a huge thing for me because I haven’t journaled (especially daily) in years. it’s thorough journalling too – what time i go to sleep at, what time I wake up at, what I eat all day, what my moods are, if I experience any physical ‘ailments’ + random journal-y type thoughts. so far so good and I am seeing some neat patterns as far as moods, how food affects me/constipation (ha). From there I have looked further ‘inside’ and I do need to establish some sort of concrete ‘health plan’ and I guess journaling was the start. And also just a whole sense of balance I guess – between all my parts, physical, emotional, social, spiritual, creativity, psychological.. etc. that’s a big one for me, achieving balance, and it certainly won’t happen over the span of a year! sigh this was long and drawn out. let me know when you start exercising or gyming it up or something. currently I am trying to tell myself I’ll go tomorrow but we’ll see.. I just need to DO it. winter motivation is so non existent for me though. agh. hi!
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Hey man I feel ya! One of my resolutions was to work out on a regular basis (i havent done this in 5 years… daunting…) so i got a gym membership (keep in mind i HATE the gym) and got a trainer.. i only signed up for 3 months so far so it’s not like im bound to it but so far ive been doing it for 2-3 weeks and i feel pretty damn good when im done – getting up and going to the gym is the annoying part but having someone there who is going to make me do the exercises helps and when you finish you never regret doing it… i always feel great after… and have more energy which is a funny quirk.. anyways my suggestion is to just force yourself to do it… it seems like a much more painful experience than it actually is…
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I’m supposed to be working on concept art for a children’s book. That was my resolution. However, I’ve been much more distracted with said child than actually the resolution. I’ll get to it eventually though. Have you been managing to get more sleeps lately?
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