Twins the epitome of tiredness
I’m burning candles at both ends lately and sleep deprivation is setting in. I am doing to much again as I juggle my new full time job, have quality time with the twins and work on my online business. As I settle down to my computer I glance up and the time is 10:30pm and I still have heaps of things to do. It is frustrating as I wish I could do the things I love all the time without the extra stuff that fills my days so I wouldn’t have to waste valuable sleep time working. Apparently one third of the years of your lifetime is spent sleeping but I am wishing I would at least get that.
Sleep Deprivation is what you do for love
When the twins were born and as the nights became weeks it was torture until they finally slept through. I thought it would never happen. Then when they turned 1, their nocturnal wakes commenced again. Sick and alternative cries for attention meant I was up and out of bed so many times and then expected to get ready for work and function but that’s what you do when you come a parent.
Sleep Deprivation is like being drunk
Before I had kids for two years I worked a 9-5 week day job and then night shift at a laboratory from 7pm to 2am, three nights a week. I was always fine until midnight. Then visually my head would get woolly. I could not make decisions. I was clumsy. I made mistakes and could not concentrate. Everything just slowed down. It always reminded me of being drunk.
Sleep Deprivation is when you have a passion that keeps you awake
Sometimes I have these great ideas that I can’t sleep. Have you ever had a burning desire and passion inside that only sleep gets in your way on getting things done? I have been working hard on my online business and set some aggressive weekly goals. It only there were more hours in the day to get through my list.
Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous and that the body starts counting a “sleep debt.” You need to repay the body back with sleep. So as I turn of the computer for one night and wander back to my bed, I know I will have to squeeze in between two little people as while the house is in renovations we are all sleeping together. That is if I can quiet my brain from all the activities on my list for tomorrow.
What keeps you awake?
