get 8 hours of sleep every night

if I could just fall asleep.

(so much harder to sleep when at school)

i have difficulty falling asleep sometimes.

gotta find a way to slow myself down when night falls…

Next step,

Go to bed earlier.

Get up earlier.

GO!

I realized something about quantity and quality this weekend.

I had been getting into bed around 12:30 and getting up around 8:30 in the morning. But it would take me a while to fall asleep and I would wake up tired.

But I went camping last weekend and we slept in tents and went to bed around 12 and got up around 7, and I would wake up feeling alive and ready to meet the day, despite it being very cold out and us camping. But I think it helped that the sun woke us up and coincided with our natural cycle, rather than at home where there are artificial lights and computers and such keeping us up and disturbing our sleep.

Maybe I’ll try going to sleep with the curtain up, so the sun gradually wakes me up? Hm?

Sleeping has been really difficult lately.

I mean, I’m usually in bed at a decent hour

but it takes me hours of tossing and turning to fall asleep.

I guess I just have a lot on my mind right now.

Last night I was awake thinking of what on earth I’ll be doing after I graduate and I started getting scared about the future… and couldn’t shut down my mind.

This usually doesn’t work out on days

when I want to watch the sunrise.

But it is so beautiful that it is fully worth it.

I feel so much more rested after a good night’s sleep, especially when I’ve been lacking…

Power naps help wonderfully. Short ones.

Haven’t been good with this one lately.

Next week brings opportunities to change that.

Harder to get on weekends when I stay out late.

Easier to get on weekdays now that I’m back to heading into work for 10am, so I get up around 8 [and go to bed 11:30ish].

Most days I get 7-8.5 hours.

This coming week is the official start of Operation Optimum Health. That’s where I try to get 100% of each vitamin and mineral and to get a proper amount of water and nutrients and overall health.

This includes 8 hours of sleep. Every night.