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Do You Feel Guilty When You Sleep In?
Even during this crazy pandemic, when thereās not a whole lot to do while weāre quarantined, I feel guilty when I sleep in. Even in these, the strangest of circumstances, I still feel like a slug when I sleep late.
I write and build e-commerce websites for a living, so itās not like I have to leave the house to get to an office every morning, even outside of a global pandemic.
But lately even when I hit the hay at midnight (which is early for me, but Iāve always been a night owl) Iām nearly comatose until about 11 am.
Thatās eleven hours, people! What kind of red blooded being needs eleven hours of sleep??
I thought that setting the timer on my coffee maker to start the coffee at 9:30 would wake me up earlier, but I STILL didnāt budge until 10:47 am.
But my apartment was full of the aroma of coffee when I finally came to, which was nice.
So last night, I set my alarm (which I donāt normally useā¦I just canāt stand waking up to that jarring sound) to wake me at 9 am.
I had a dream, in which I was running through my old high school, and the fire bell was ringing.
The entire student body was running through the hallways, holding our ears, trying to get away from the clanging of that damn bell, but it felt like we were running in circles because no one actually left the building.
This went on for what felt like an eternity, then all of a sudden, I found a door. When I pushed the handle to open it, I woke upā¦to the sound of my stupid alarm!
Feeling drained from running through the halls of my high school all night, I shut it off and went back to sleep.
But as you probably guessed, the catnap lasted about 2 hours. When I woke for the second time, I felt not just guilty for āsleeping inā, but groggy too!
I canāt win.
So Iāve decided that Iām not going to stress about sleeping in. My brain functions better in the wee hours anyway, so Iām going to be keeping āvampire hoursā.
Right now, itās 1:15 am. And Iāll probably see 3 am before I actually turn in.
Hopefully, thatāll take care of the guilt that comes from the luxury of not having a care in the world when it comes to time.
Weāll see how it goes.
Peace.