Today, and for the last 5 days, I’ve been waking up between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. Perfect time to get into work early, right? Except I’ve been unemployed for months and the one thing I’m trying to work on is my lack of sleep. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I'm freshly unemployed and so exhausted from my former job that I can actually really use the rest. Too bad that, for reasons ranging from cat noises to period emergencies, I have woken up at 6 a.m. for 4 days in a row now. FML
Today, I woke up at 3am to go to work. This will be my new routine from now on. FML
Today, it’s been 6 months at my job and I still can’t get used to the morning shift. Even with a changed diet, exercise, meditation, and no caffeine after noon, I'm averaging about 2 hours of sleep a night. My body will always choose sleep deprivation over falling asleep at a reasonable time. FML
Today, I was starting a new job that requires me to wake up at 4 am. I set three alarms but was so nervous about sleeping through them that I kept waking up to check the time, which caused me to miss my alarms. Goodbye awesome new job. FML
Today, I have officially lost count of how many nights in a row I couldn’t fall asleep until the small hours, even though I go to bed early and get up early every single day. I’m the kind of person who needs at least nine hours of sleep to be anything other than useless and depressed. FML
Today, I came into work late, tried to sneak in, but got caught by my supervisor. Usually I wake up at 7am, hit the road around 7.30, arrive at work before 8am. Today I woke up at 5am, thought that I could go back to sleep for 2 hours, I went back to bed. When I woke up, it was already 9am. FML
Today, I woke up at 5:30 and made the half hour drive to work only to find out that it was my day off. After finally getting back home and into bed, my boss called, requesting that I come back to work since I was "already up". FML
Today, after struggling to get up on time all week at 5 a.m., it's finally my day off, and boom, I'm up exactly at 5 a.m., naturally. No alarm, no struggle. FML
Today, after being a few minutes late to work a few times this week, I left the house super early this morning. When I got to work, security hadn’t unlocked the doors yet, so I waited in my car, where I ended up falling asleep and sleeping through most of my entire morning shift. FML
Today, I've known for a long time that I generally only wake up at ungodly hours in the night when something is wrong with me. Since last week, I've been doing this pretty much every night. Only now, I can't figure out what's wrong. Consequently, my anxiety is now keeping me awake too. FML
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Inkoseh 33
If you're waking up naturally at those times, then that's all your body needs. The best way to see your hours is to either start sleeping 30 minutes earlier or later for a few days at a time, check to see if your sleep cycles are consistent and perhaps train your body to sleep more. If you're going to bed at 1am and waking that early, you need to start sleeping earlier! Try some melatonin 30 minutes before bed to help you relax easier.
Yudith 28
You can try siestas. A good siesta just after lunch does wonder, and since you're unemployed, you don't have to worry about waking up on time for work.
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Inkoseh 33
If you're waking up naturally at those times, then that's all your body needs. The best way to see your hours is to either start sleeping 30 minutes earlier or later for a few days at a time, check to see if your sleep cycles are consistent and perhaps train your body to sleep more. If you're going to bed at 1am and waking that early, you need to start sleeping earlier! Try some melatonin 30 minutes before bed to help you relax easier.
Yudith 28
You can try siestas. A good siesta just after lunch does wonder, and since you're unemployed, you don't have to worry about waking up on time for work.
ghostinflames 13
Actually funny.