insomnia ain't all bad, right?

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 Yes, we all know that being sleep-deprived makes your memory bad, makes you tired (obviously) and makes you get ugly eyebags (╬▔皿▔)╯

Unfortunately, many of us are sleep-deprived, so why not make the most of it?

Here are some good reasons to stay sleep-deprived (screw that bed, that useless meditation and that zen yoga music!):

Spending less time asleep means more time awake. Being awake can allow us to feel more productive, can provide more time for ourselves, or can help us feel less pressured and less rushed. 

Sleep deprivation fogs our mind and blunts our emotions. As uncomfortable as the resulting daytime sleepiness might be, it can take the edge off of waking life by rendering us desensitized or numb. In some ways, being chronically sleepy is similar to being somewhat inebriated (free booze, who wouldn't want that?).

Recently, I've been sleeping at around 10 pm and getting up at 6 am. Unfortunately, despite getting in bed at a lovely time of 10, I actually don't get to sleep until a few hours after. During that period of not sleeping, I usually toss and turn, stare at the darkness and play out scenarios in my head. Yes, I find it exhausting and an utter waste of time, but it actually worked.

Well, until I broke that routine and started getting into bed far later than 10. 

At first, I thought that it wouldn't have mattered. After all, everything was still the same. The only difference was that instead of writhing in discomfort in my bed, I was up and typing at my laptop or reading an interesting book. Much better uses of my time, no?

Apparently not, since that indulgence made me unable to wake up in the morning. For 2 days, I woke up at a horrible 11:30 am, practically wasting half a day in my bed. In discomfort. 

Nothing had changed. I just ended up wasting more of my time and spending more of it in discomfort. And it was greater discomfort too, since staying glued to your bed through a sweltering morning was much harder than tossing and turning in a bed through a cold, dark night.

Well, then. Why am I still up at 11:33pm, click-clacking away at my laptop? 

The answer is:

I have no idea (┬┬﹏┬┬)

Help meee

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