I slept for 11 hours today and I feel good for it.
I know you shouldn’t really sleep for so long, but I feel like every once in a while, you gotta just put everything by the wayside and take yourself a nice long rest.
The key is not to mix it up with depression sleep, where you can end up in bed for 18 hours or more, filled with numbness. A mental place where you are so lifeless, you lack fight, where a bunny rabbit could rob you.
But good long restful sleep.
The science on it is getting more interesting, as it has been said that to work at optimum levels you should be getting 8 to 10 hours a night.
That is a large change from what we usually do, which is get along on 4/5 hours and call it productivity.
When I ask people about sleep, most people say they have to stay up passed midnight, but if you really probe them, there is nothing important that happens after 10 PM. They mostly watch TV and text or do things that aren’t too good for you anyway, like drink and eat bad food.
I don’t want to come off preachy here, because I am no saint.It’s still difficult for me, and for me to go to sleep before 11 is a challenge, there is something mixed in with modern technology that makes us feel like we have to get one more show in, have one more drink, hear one more song, even as most of these things can be consumed for no penalty at a later date.
But, lately I have been fighting the war a little better on this front.I have been trying to force myself to get at least 8 hours of sleep a night, and I have felt better. I have adjusted my work schedule, and I have made some other changes to add more sleep to my life.
My reward has been better mental flexibility. And for cutting out some of the noise in my life, like extra YouTube videos and podcasts that, looking back on it, were just used to pass time, I have a lot more focus.
Writing this post that started from nothing really just happened in almost 20 minutes because my mind has been much sharper lately. I remember I tried to start writing again several months ago and it was a struggle to even get 300 words on the paper, but after doing it for almost a month, three hundred words, without any prep work, has been relatively a breeze. I feel flow happening in my work, and I love it.
I hope I can keep this going, because this flow thing is something that i really enjoy. Being able to knock out long coherent articles of writing is also something I have come to really enjoy.
Hopefully this can translate into other areas of life, I can improve my habits, and become a real beast in these streets.
I came up with a few things yesterday by sitting in an open mic and just observing.
It is odd that sometimes as a black guy, you feel you have to mention you aren’t playing the race card.
Women taking pictures with cell phones always look odd, like you can tell that is their 8 shot in a 15 to 20 shot photo shoot.
IMing is the Disco of communication practices.
I really like the last one, I feel like it could become a signature bit. My elusive third joke. Who knows.
Had an odd dream about getting my coworkers arrested and then having to foot the bill for it. I wonder if that is my subconscious telling me something. I feel very intrigued. Ill ponder about it today. Not one that really takes stock in dreams, but this one was just to interesting to pass up.
16/8 Not done fully due to drinks
3 things written
shower done
Water knocked out
Teeth hygiene done
No to-do list
no end of night reminder
shower
From the desk of Adam Thomas 