Changing one’s sleep habits is a bitch, not to put too fine a point on it. I recently changed assignments at work and my new group tends to work from approximately 7:30am until around 4:00pm. I’m not required to work those hours but in the spirit of being a team player, I have been working on shifting my circadian rhythm.<\/p>\n
I have been getting up early for several years now. I spend the time getting bathed and dressed, doing chores around the house, talking with my wife, taking my dogs for their morning walk, and writing a thousand words in my journal. In order to get all that in and get to the office around 9:00am, I was getting up at 5:30am.<\/p>\n
In order to attempt to get to work around 8:00am, I have started getting up at 4:30am. But things aren’t that simple. Getting up an hour earlier means getting to bed an hour earlier, unless I intend to subsist on an hour less sleep a night. I soon discovered that I can’t do with an hour less sleep. Furthermore, I discovered that when I get up at 4:30am, even if I go to bed at 9:00pm instead of 10:00pm, I am not as alert as I am at 5:30am.<\/p>\n
This makes it more difficult for me to write in my journal. I find myself nodding off while I’m trying to write. And when I am managing to stay awake, my thought processes aren’t as lively as they are when I get up at 5:30am. This has been slowly improving but I still find myself tired in the morning, tired in the evening when I’m trying to write my blog post, and even tired mid afternoon, around 3:00pm.<\/p>\n
I also find that I’m struggling to get anything else done besides my bare minimum routine. I expect it will continue to get better as I keep practicing and my circadian rhythm slowly shifts. Of course when we spring forward, I’ll have to go through this process all over again. I hope everyone gets a good night sleep and wakes up refreshed. I’m certainly going to give it my best try.<\/p>\n
Sweet dreams, don\u2019t forget to tell the ones you love that you love them, and most important of all, be kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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