Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Can I sleep more?

It seems lately I haven't been able to get enough sleep. I always intend to go to bed earlier, but there's always "just a few things" I want to get done before I go to bed. Of course, these things always tend to expand and fill up quite a bit of time at night, so I end up going to bed only four or five hours before I need to wake up. I'm pretty sure this lack of sleep is affecting my life in many areas. I know there are days at work where I'm not as sharp as I should be. I drink coffee to make up the difference, but the inevitable caffeine crash puts me on a bit of an alertness roller coaster.

I'm making a goal for myself to start averaging an hour more sleep a night than I have been the last few months. I'll start small and work up to a full eight hour night. Hopefully this will help me start catching up on some of that oh-so-important shuteye.