This brings me to something I've realized recently: the true value of sleep. I think many Americans - particularly moms - believe that sleep is a luxury. We feel guilty if we get too much, you know, because we could have been really "productive" during that time. Well, with my broken back and darned lousy immune system, I understand that it's not a luxury. Sleep is a necessity that I need to make time for.
So, in the next couple of weeks, I'm working on a couple of things:
- Weaning myself from extraneous TV programs that just keep me up too late. Even with DVR, you have to figure out a time to watch it. But man, I really loves TV.
- Going to bed by 10:30 at least 5 nights per week. I think this is going to be really difficult for me. I don't mind "going to bed", but I usually read or now that I have a new laptop (thank you Targo!), work on interwebs-related things. You know what? I'm just going to have to do that from 9:30 to 10:30.
I'm sure there were more things, but I can't think of them right now.
Any ideas of how to implement this HUGE life change?
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I can still remember the day when I sat down and forced myself to cancel the majority of my season passes on the tivo. It sort of made me a little nauseous but I closed my eyes and did it. And you know what, I didn't miss them. I actually felt better not watching them. I still have a few shows I watch but tv in the evenings is now a rare thing. You can break the addiction. You can do it!!
You're an inspiration, Shannon!! Thank you!
My husband and I struggle with the sleep issue, too. We both wake up early for our jobs (5AM), so going to sleep early is a must. We're lucky if we're in bed by 10:15, but we really need more sleep than that. Every once in a while, we just turn the TV off at 9 and get ready for bed. And we feel so much better for it! I say, start off little by little. This week, make yourself go to sleep 5-10 minutes earlier than you normally do. And each week, keep working back in 5-10 minute increments until it feels normal to go to sleep earlier!
Luckily for me, my husband likes to go to bed at 9pm. We don't have a tv in our bedroom, so when it is bed time, it s normally lights out (I will sometimes read, but only until he comes to bed). But, when he is gone, I tend to stay up later than normal. It is a lot harder for me to force myself to get off the computer/stop watching tv/stop reading when I don't have someone else doing the same thing (and my daughter does not count!).
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