Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Sleep
I've been thinking about my sleep in the past half year. I've always messed around with sleep, messed around with sleep patterns, the hours, the length and frequency. But perhaps a slight recap is necessary and rewarding given all my "research".
Norway sleep 2005 pattern.
When i first arrived there, i learned about siesta. I slept when nothing was going on and kept myself busy, always having somewhere to go, to see, always willing to do something. Not unlike my usual sleep (or lack thereof) when i was home at christmas time 2004 and barely slept cuz i was always out with my mdhs friends, probably at stews etc.
Fall 2004 sleep pattern.
I'd stay up till like 2-3am consistently and wake up for class whenever it was required. I rarely missed classes, often was late and usually always a little tired, ran on adrenaline... And then, when exam time rolled around. Wow, miraculous all nighters were possible and sleep was just a luxury.
Europe Travelling 2005 Sleep pattern.
Suprisingly consistent sleep pattern. We slept on trains like whenever we could. So it really just depended on availability and taking advantage of any sleep time that offered itself to us. IT was fun. And often id be sleeping before midnight. Rediculous in my books. But there was also a sense of not getting enough sleep, except in the long-run i think i started getting more sleep than usual.
Arriving home Summer sorta 2005 sleep pattern
I sorta took the sleep when its available like when traveling europe and extended it to my life at home. Net result. Uber amounts of sleep. Like i mean i'd be sleeping like 10 hours if i had the chance. Maybe you call that jet lag, i dont think so cuz there was no PATTERn while i travelled, other than that i slept whenever the opportunity arose itself. And with no work, no car, rarely people around to do things with in markham, sleep has become dominating in my routine. Only now im staying up too late 3am and waking up at noon or later and always frustrated.
ITs a crappy cycle.
My theory is --> if you are staying up late each night, you need to have demanding day to day scheduales or your going to waste away yer days sleeping.
People say we never get enough sleep anymore, that we are chronically sleep deprived, and i think its true, but it keeps people going. Energy intensity and levels seem to rise when you have too much to do and not nearly enough time to regenerate from the Doing things part of your life. Running on adrenaline. It's a nice thing, and its something i've been lacking. Lacking sorely, like there's no intensity in my game, in my conversation, in my thought process. No immediacy.
I honestly think what i need is to get busy again. But that wont happen till school starts again.
marky
Norway sleep 2005 pattern.
When i first arrived there, i learned about siesta. I slept when nothing was going on and kept myself busy, always having somewhere to go, to see, always willing to do something. Not unlike my usual sleep (or lack thereof) when i was home at christmas time 2004 and barely slept cuz i was always out with my mdhs friends, probably at stews etc.
Fall 2004 sleep pattern.
I'd stay up till like 2-3am consistently and wake up for class whenever it was required. I rarely missed classes, often was late and usually always a little tired, ran on adrenaline... And then, when exam time rolled around. Wow, miraculous all nighters were possible and sleep was just a luxury.
Europe Travelling 2005 Sleep pattern.
Suprisingly consistent sleep pattern. We slept on trains like whenever we could. So it really just depended on availability and taking advantage of any sleep time that offered itself to us. IT was fun. And often id be sleeping before midnight. Rediculous in my books. But there was also a sense of not getting enough sleep, except in the long-run i think i started getting more sleep than usual.
Arriving home Summer sorta 2005 sleep pattern
I sorta took the sleep when its available like when traveling europe and extended it to my life at home. Net result. Uber amounts of sleep. Like i mean i'd be sleeping like 10 hours if i had the chance. Maybe you call that jet lag, i dont think so cuz there was no PATTERn while i travelled, other than that i slept whenever the opportunity arose itself. And with no work, no car, rarely people around to do things with in markham, sleep has become dominating in my routine. Only now im staying up too late 3am and waking up at noon or later and always frustrated.
ITs a crappy cycle.
My theory is --> if you are staying up late each night, you need to have demanding day to day scheduales or your going to waste away yer days sleeping.
People say we never get enough sleep anymore, that we are chronically sleep deprived, and i think its true, but it keeps people going. Energy intensity and levels seem to rise when you have too much to do and not nearly enough time to regenerate from the Doing things part of your life. Running on adrenaline. It's a nice thing, and its something i've been lacking. Lacking sorely, like there's no intensity in my game, in my conversation, in my thought process. No immediacy.
I honestly think what i need is to get busy again. But that wont happen till school starts again.
marky
// posted by Unknown @ 2:42 p.m. 
