I am an insomniac insomuch as I go to bed, stay awake for 1-2 hours, then go into a fitful sleep and wake up tired.

So when this post came up on Lifehacker I decided I really need to try it.  This is all from Dustin Curtis’ website at… well.. www.dustincurtis.com

I’m just going to say this:  Doing this only makes sense right now for me:  This is my summer break and I have limited time-bound responsibility:  only 2 hours 2 days a week do I *need* to do something (work) and I could likely shift my hours to fit the sleep schedule because my bosses are awesome like that (If you need a computer fixed or built or really anything stop by Jankin’s Computers on Gardiners Road </plug> )

What is this?  Changing my sleep cycle to be more efficient.  Currently I get 6-8 hours of sleep, most of it wasted.  I’m fed up with just lying down for hours on end.  I read, I count sheep, whatever.

I’ve heard about this before (from CBC’s “Ideas” radio program and – I believe – Wired).  It makes you more energetic and gives you more time.

So – starting tommorow – I’m going to start with the “Siesta”.  We’ll see how that works and then I’ll explore the possibility of moving on.

Read the article.  It says everything perfectly.  On a web-design note take a look at how well it’s laid out to look almost like print.

By the way, I’m sorry about not posting yesterday – I was in Toronto the whole day (at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland).  Don’t worry, I’ve done pennance in burlap and ashes.

The post again:  How To Hack Your Brain, Part 1: Sleep

If you haven’t read my post on insanity, you might want to read it.

I read in Wired today (at school) that people like me (ie, creative/programmer night-owl) should be going to sleep in the morning and waking up around noon, and should get more than 8 hours of sleep for maximum productivity.

AMEN WIRED!

I can’t say this enough,  I usually start drifting off around quarter past 10 and fall asleep somewhere between 10:30 and 11.  Then I wake up at 6 to go to school.

This results in a lot of stress.  I can’t go to sleep at 10, and I would thoroughly like to kill someone at 6 in the morning.  Suffice to say, I’m overtired and stressed.

This is one of the reasons I love my job.  My job is very hands on and automated, very relaxing.  Honestly I don’t know what would happen if I wasn’t working.

Does anyone have ideas on how to fall asleep?  I don’t listen to anything, and if I try to read myself to sleep I end up being really awake by the time I realize it’s midnight.

I probably sleep the most among my friends, but I seem to be the one who’s tired and stressed.

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BAH!