Sleep | Fat Wallet Refugee

When do you feel most productive?

Last night I went to bed at 4:58amn the day before it was 6:01am the sky was brightening and the birds were singing.

If I can manage to go to bed at 11pm I have great mornings in which I am super productive. I study best in the morning when my mind is sharp and focused.

Somehow I find excuses to stay awake. I get thirsty and instead of tea or juice, I have coffee. I often find myself wanting to watch TV come bedtime. I’ll suddenly recall a show I never finished or one I want to re-watch.

Sometimes I’ll be so enthralled by what I am thinking on that I will stay up late imagining stuff.

Recently, I’ve been thinking about real estate. I browser property listing and day dream about my dream house. Often, my mind takes it further and I get in to a Sim City imagination mode where I think about building small towns on sections of the map.

Before the towns I was imagining hybrid diesel electric fire trucks, and before that it was starting a non profit to support formerly incarcerated women.

All sorts of imaginings keep me awake. But on the rare few nights when I go to bed on time I have wonderful mornings.

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I often feel that there is simply not enough time in the day to do all that I want. I will quite frequently stay up late attempting to complete everything.

This of course results in waking up late each day and thereby having even less time to spend on those things I wish I had more time for.

The cycle repeats.

Now, if sleep was not necessary, what would I do with all that extra time?

First, I would make myself a schedule. I find lists are good for keeping some semblance of order:

I should like to step up my time spent creating video content for YouTube

Ideally, I would like to schedule videos out 2-3 weeks in advance. I think I would do this just in case something unexpected comes up and prevents me from recording.

More often than not there have been times where a scheduled video day has arrived and I have nothing on hand.

I would set aside a suitable period of time for self improvement activities

I don’t exercise as much as my doctor would like. Twice I have put my back out and been bed ridden for a week or longer.

I often think I should get some exercise, but somehow my priorities shift and it doesn’t happen.

Home improvement and DIY projects would also be at the top of my list

Earlier this year my mother was injured when a board in our back porch gave out. Really the whole deck needs to be rebuilt, but I cannot afford the cost.

I ordered the wood and screws to effect repairs, but I only got maybe halfway through the project. I feel bad about it every time I see the unfinished holes.

Going for a walk would be nice, getting out and into the sunshine

I really do spend far too much time either at the computer studying, in front of the TV watching shows, or with a phone in hand, participating in some inane activity.

Back out in nature, back to my roots, recalling some small piece of my youth. I should like to go on an adventure.

Lastly, I would spend time remaining quiet and still. Some reflective inward searching may be beneficial for me.

There was a period of my life where I meditated daily and took time to understand my self. I would read Mooji books and remain quite. I miss the sense of peace I had in those times.