I have always been a person that valued my sleep. It didn’t necessarily matter how much I have just that it is consistently the same. My life has always proceeded at the same pace, too and changes to that are hard for me to make. If I get too busy, if it changes drastically, if it is not the norm for me it is really hard for me.
It goes back to when I was little. My parents told me that as long as they left me alone, didn’t take me out of my little world that I was fine. The minute they tried to get me ready to go out I screamed bloody murder until they brought me back home. My Mom later told me that a lot of the time they gave up and just left me home with one of my older brothers or sisters.
I never grew out of that. I do like to travel, but it is exhausting for me. I love talking and meeting new people, but if it is large groups it exhausts me. I am always “up”, but when I crash I crash hard. I like to sleep in my own bed and don’t do well out of my little world.
Many of you know that I have been out of work for several months and recently got back to work. Well, this first week on the job has exhausted me. I come home dragging and count the hours until I fall asleep. Not early, mind you, because if I fall asleep before 10 p.m. I wake up a few hours later ready to go. I try to get to bed by 11 and that works for me. It has always worked for me. There is that schedule thing again!
I used to be a night owl. Staying up all night and sleeping all day, but as I get older that has changed.
Isn’t it amazing the patterns our lives get into? How about you?










