Just so you know, this post will explain why I didn't post the last two posts yesterday. This post may also not be super interesting, and a little bit self-help, but I had a revelation, so...yeah.
So, lemme back this up a bit for context: I have to get up at 6:00 every morning, which then ends up being 6:30 with all the snooze buttons, and then I'm stressed out, cause I have to leave my house at 6:45. I always have mountains of stuff to do, and I tend to procrastinate, so my life is full of stress. I have a little bit of insomnia, which means I spend my nights staring at the ceiling, reading or (doctors don't hate me) watching TV until like midnight (or later, sometimes). I tend to toss and turn, and I don't sleep the best nights. I wake up a lot throughout the night, and I snore, and sleep-talk (I don't sleep-walk anymore, though). I wake up in the morning cranky and groggy, and I know my sleep habits are terrible, but I can't stop them. To add all of this up, I get between 4 and 6 hours of sleep every night, which is pretty bad.
So, lately, I've been really stressed out, and I've had a lot going on. I've gotten barely any sleep. Last night, I was watching The Incredibles with my family, and was dozing off, so I thought I'd take a nap. I woke up this morning, and realized that what was only supposed to be for a couple of hours tired into a 15-hour nap. I left the living room at about 6:30, and woke up at 9 this morning. It was amazing. I had a lot of dreams (most of which, unusually, I can remember), and for the first time in a very long time, I woke up and felt good. I didn't wish I was still asleep, and I didn't have to snooze an alarm or rue the fact that the morning had arrived. I realized that (hopefully), it was my body's way of making me catch up on all the sleep I've missed. It's also made me realize how important sleep is, and maybe (just maybe), rethink they way I sleep. I might try to get to sleep at a reasonable time, not get on screens right before bed, the like.