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difficulty going to bed / less back pain
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 08:29 amWhy is it so hard to make myself go to bed on time?
Last year, when I was working from home a lot, I was getting nearly 8 hours sleep on a lot of nights. 8 hours of sleep is my goal; and I seem to do well on that amount. Even when I went to bed late, I was able to compensate by getting up later, while still managing to start work at a reasonable time. I'm not sure if I could have kept that up on a continuous basis, as there was a long-term trend of me staying up later and later.
This year so far, I've only worked from home one day. All the other days, I've been going to the office. But I'd guess that I've gotten less than 7 hours sleep per night on average.
Take last night. I determined what time I'd need to start getting ready for bed, in order to get 8 hours sleep. About twenty minutes before that time, while sitting at my computer, I thought to myself "I can make it to bed on time tonight. There's nothing urgent or pressing that I still need to do."
But the appointed time came and passed, and I didn't shut off the computer until an hour later. I hadn't found anything urgent or pressing to do, and yet I still couldn't bring myself to shut down the computer and go to bed, until I knew I was already an hour late.
Why?
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A positive side of going in to the office every day is that it seems to help with my back pain. I get to walk more, both walking to and from the parking lot, as well as walking outside at lunchtime. My back hasn't been bothering me much this year so far.
Last year, when I was working from home a lot, I was getting nearly 8 hours sleep on a lot of nights. 8 hours of sleep is my goal; and I seem to do well on that amount. Even when I went to bed late, I was able to compensate by getting up later, while still managing to start work at a reasonable time. I'm not sure if I could have kept that up on a continuous basis, as there was a long-term trend of me staying up later and later.
This year so far, I've only worked from home one day. All the other days, I've been going to the office. But I'd guess that I've gotten less than 7 hours sleep per night on average.
Take last night. I determined what time I'd need to start getting ready for bed, in order to get 8 hours sleep. About twenty minutes before that time, while sitting at my computer, I thought to myself "I can make it to bed on time tonight. There's nothing urgent or pressing that I still need to do."
But the appointed time came and passed, and I didn't shut off the computer until an hour later. I hadn't found anything urgent or pressing to do, and yet I still couldn't bring myself to shut down the computer and go to bed, until I knew I was already an hour late.
Why?
.
A positive side of going in to the office every day is that it seems to help with my back pain. I get to walk more, both walking to and from the parking lot, as well as walking outside at lunchtime. My back hasn't been bothering me much this year so far.
