The Church of Dan

Like the title says, I think I need to change my sleeping habits around.

Sunday-Thursday, I normally sleep around 12-1.. sometimes later than 1 depending on if I’m having fun with a game or having an interesting conversation. I’m up by 7:30, at work by 9:30, done by 5:30 – then IF I come straight home I’m in by 6:30, do my workout by 7-8:30, shower, have dinner, and sit to play/study/smoke/whatever until 12 or 1. If it’s my off day and Im not working out, Im normally ready by 8. Then there are nights I go out, and I’m home by 11:30, shower, then sleep. Now that really isn’t a HORRIBLE scheduale. I could afford to sleep earlier and wake up 30 minutes sooner, but I haven’t reached that point in my goals yet.

Friday-Sunday things get a little wonky. Fridays go the same as any other day, except I’m in bed between 2 and 4am. Not horrible if I get 8 hours of sleep, right? Or if I get the same amount I get during the week. That would mean Id GENERALLY be up between 8:30 and 10:30.

The earlier the better (Im realizing) because then I have more of a day to enjoy. As it stands right now, Saturdays and Sundays are my SHORTEST days – Fridays tend to be my longest. I’m up by 12 or 1. SOMETIMES depending on the night before it could reach 2PM! And I’m finding that to be VERY bleh at this point. Sund -Thurs my days are at LEAST 16.5 – 17 hours long, come the weekends, I’m waking up at noon, and I lose the whole morning, on BOTH days.

I mean I DO generally wake up after 6 – 7 hours of sleeping, but on a weekend my very first instinct is to keep sleeping. Today for example, I was up once at about 8:30 and just stayed curled in bed until around 10:30.. then tossed for a good 1.5 hours until I was ready to get up. Don’t get me wrong! There is nothing wrong with doing this now and then, but EVERY weekend? I think after 3 years of this, I need to wake up and smell some breakfast.

I’m also trying to figure out the direct cause of this. Pot is probably (I should say more than likely), one of the direct causes of it. It prevents a person from experiencing REM sleep. Totally inhibits, which is when we get the majority of our ‘rest’ so to speak. It’s also when we dream. I can’t say I go to bed sober, but for the most part I do may best to not smoke anything about 2 hours before I sleep. SAVE FOR WEEKENDS.. haha.. even as I write this, it seems to make a lot more sense in my head. But nevertheless, it is not the only proximal cause.

Back when I was studying like an animal, I was playing VERY little of anything. Maybe a 40 minutes for the whole day of Warhammer, and I’d spent the majority of my spare time reading and studying. Maybe it has to do with what parts of my brain are constantly working (IE reading/studying may activate more areas of my brain, and gaming my not use as much (it’s really easy to play, and not hard to remember anything really.. unless I’m high.. Arenas in WoW..good times! Jess would say otherwise though..)

A lot to think about..