July 7, 2013

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Day One Hundred and Eighty-Six:  I fudged the numbers again

Jess’s Advice Series #6:  Sleep

Of all the things in life that we all share, that feeling of pride at a good mark, greed when we want something desperately, everyone shares the love of sleep.  Even the insane people who can run and thrive on little hours of sleep will say that they do appreciate the dormant down time.  When it comes to me I love it, and when it escapes me I crave it.  Sleep is the world’s elusive love.

So I must suggest to everyone to get enough of it.  People become cranky and angry when they don’t get enough, and so just do it.  Go to bed earlier, stop reading stop watching tv and just close your eyes.  Your body, mind, emotions, energy levels, and the people around will thank you for it.

If there’s one thing I learned from travelling and backpacking was that being an insomniac and staying in lumpy unregulated temperature beds for extended periods of time (or short ones) sleep becomes the one thing you crave most.  Not comfortable shoes, not normal food, not your family or maple syrup, but sleep.  Sleep allows me personally to enjoy things and embrace adventuring with a lot more enthusiasm. 


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