My weekend of birthdays and fun threw me off schedule. I knew it would, but, it was important to me to support the special people in my life. I thought I would just try to be up before noon on days that I needed to be up late. That worked out okay... but, I'm learning the truth now behind all of those things people say about catching up on sleep.
Has anyone told you that when you try to catch up on sleep, it's not until the second night that you actually feel the benefits of it? Frustratingly, I think this is true... as true as the other saying that you really can't catch up on sleep. I'm so groggy and confused by it all, however, I might just go with those who say, "I'll catch up on sleep when I'm dead."
The one thing I have completely failed to do is include a moment of quiet and reflection every day. It is much easier to take something out of your life than to put a really new component into it. When I gave up coffee, soda, sweets, TV, etc, my day was open to everything else. There was no new task that had to be included. With no more major events in the foreseeable future that would keep me up to 3AM, I think I need something more literal, less loose, to help include this new aspect of my "routine." I need to pick different music to wake me (I never switched out the Seal cd and, though I love him, he's driving me bonkers)... something that would put me in the mood to rise and face the day. Maybe I need to pick up my Morning Pages again... but, that can take hours on a really sleepy morning. I think I'll do something similar to ritual journal writing, but simplify it. Maybe I'll sit by the window and meditate... not that I was ever accomplished at that. Well, maybe this can be seen as practice.
Well, I've give it a new go one way or the other...
I hope everyone else who participates in the Lenten Experiment is making the most of the experience.
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