Is anyone else feeling a little sleep-deprived lately??
In the whirling dervish of life, how do you find time to get in 8 hours of restful sleep? I can't remember the last time I did. I suspect many of my readers feel the same.
Is it because we are just WAYYY overstimulated? Think about it... we now have access to hundreds of tv channels, plus Hulu, Netflix, etc... igadgets aplenty, we can track how we exercise, eat, sleep, drink, shop, poop...(well, maybe not, but it's coming lol.)
We have social networking, WORK, kids, extra-curricular activiities of said kids, birth-WEEKs instead of birthdays to plan for- don't even get me started on the major production birthdays have become- where in this chaotic existence is there time for rest? It seems like the more data and stimulation we have access to, the more we need, and that supercedes the desire for rest.
I know I am on to something here, because I don't know if you've noticed, but there are actually whole stores devoted to CPAP machines to help people get better sleep. There are the very popular sleep number beds as well. There are cooling pillows, memory foam mattresses, sleep sounds machines. Sleep assistance is becoming an actual industry that goes way beyond earplugs and warm milk.
Here's my suggestion. Put away the laptop, PS4, LED flatscreen with supersonic soundbar, tablets, and smartphones. Let the kids be unproductive and go to bed early a few nights a week- I swear they will still be well-rounded, well-socialized little geniuses. End your work at the time you stop getting paid for it - ie: 5pm or thereabouts, and....
just STOP, drop, and snooze.
I think we'd all feel alot better.
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