It’s like they don’t bother communicating.
I’m tired. Both my brain and my body seem to notice that I could use some rest. Being that I pretend to be a responsible adult, I could decide to go to bed early tonight. The thought would be that if I go to bed an hour and a half early, I would get an extra hour and a half of sleep. I couldn’t be more wrong.
My typical sleep schedule is from 12 am – 7:15 am. Not great, but not a terrible amount of sleep either. Sometimes I get tired earlier than that and think I should go to bed early. This almost always results in waking up every 40 minutes starting at 5 am. I have no idea why. So far the earliest I’m able to go to bed with no ill effects is about 15 minutes early.
This makes no sense to me. I should be able to go to bed early and get extra sleep. This would result in a clear mind and refreshed body for tomorrow. It just isn’t the case. That’s exceptionally frustrating. I know I could get more sleep on a nightly basis, but at least let me get extra when I need it.
It’s just like my body is insistent that I can’t sleep more than a set amount of time, no matter how inconvenient the outcome.
This is why I need naps.
2 kittens taking a nap (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Sleep is a weird thing. You’re always tired when you want to stay awake, and then you’re really tired but won’t sleep.
Dammit.
Good luck with sleeping though!
It’s just so weird. It’s like you have to interpret signals which aren’t at all clear.
Very confusing.
Maybe your mind can trick your body into sleeping 15 minutes earlier every day? That way you may make it to the 8-hour bench-mark^^
You mean like go to bed 15 minutes early for a week or so, then another 15 minutes early and so on?
Yup. It works with coffee, why not with sleep? 🙂
Hmm. Interesting idea. I may have to give it a try.