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Post by lostchild on Sept 20, 2014 1:03:45 GMT -5
Still not asleep. Will not be for while!!
Its 11:03 and so I am cleaning!!!
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Post by lostchild on Sept 20, 2014 4:12:49 GMT -5
Okay so it's 2:11 today k sleeping pill earlier and didn't sleep...just now tired! Goodnight!!
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Post by hollyhock on Sept 20, 2014 6:13:08 GMT -5
I had a great sleep - finally. I was in bed before 10. I read in bed - something I rarely do - and fell asleep easily. I woke up feeling very refreshed - and looked at the clock. 12:10 AM. - I thought 'now what so I do?' But I fell asleep easily again, and in the AM kept hitting the snooze button. Alarm was set for 6, but I didn't get up until 6:55. I think I needed that sleep!
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Post by dayeanu on Sept 20, 2014 7:22:41 GMT -5
Well, I went to bed at 12:30. About two hours later than planned. DGS went to a ballgame, and I don't like going to bed before he gets home. DD, his mother, left for her job on the other side of the state yesterday afternoon, so I was the only one here to sit up and wait for him. I don't always - occasionally I just go on to bed. But I never sleep well when I do.
One suggestion I've read for changing your sleep time, is to just go to bed 15 minutes earlier than normal, every few days, until you've reached your desired bedtime.
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Post by larataylor on Sept 20, 2014 10:34:00 GMT -5
I woke up and looked at my phone, and thought: 9:00ish - that's not TOO bad - and then looked at the wall clock and it was almost 11:00. Argh.
So part of the problem is that my phone has been going on the blink and the clock gets stuck for several hours at a time. I don't think the alarm went off this morning. I was hoping to sleep-deprive myself into another successful night of sleep.
I knew the weekends would be challenging. Lots of teens come over, and they get hungry and want to go out to get food. There's only one so far with a license and car, and he wasn't there last night. I let a permit-holder drive my car, but I had to go along. Also just having them there is not conducive to relaxing into sleep. However, they didn't stay as late as they did during the summer.
Well, I will just try again tonight, and do the best I can.
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Post by cricket on Sept 20, 2014 10:55:01 GMT -5
Like larataylor and dayeanu, I was nearly foiled by Friday night/transition to weekend/activities of others that I hadn't taken into account, but I am still feeling good about my choices.
First, I let my son stay up a bit late to finish something he was working on since there is no school tomorrow, which encroached on my planned unwinding time, so I moved my target bedtime from ten-thirty to eleven-thirty.
Then at eleven-twenty, my husband got home from an engagement and I realized that it was more important to spend some time reconnecting with him after a busy few days than to make my self-imposed bedtime.
Also, practically speaking, who could fall sleep with another adult just getting in and doing the usual puttering around with wallets and keys while being so very obviously Quiet and Considerate, anyway? Of course, if I'd gone to bed at ten-thirty, I'd have been completely out before he came in, no problem, but anyway.
So, excuses, excuses, but I'm still counting it a success. I got to bed at twelve-thirty and set my alarm for eight-thirty, so I did get a full night's sleep. And even better, I got up when the alarm went off, instead of falling into the trap of trying to compensate for the week's sleep deficit by sleeping all day Saturday and wrecking my ability to get to sleep at a reasonable time time tonight and Sunday night. I consider correcting that problem and establishing a regular sleep schedule to be my ultimate goal, so while I was flexible with the letter, I did stick to the spirit.
And honestly, developing that ability to be flexible is my great challenge generally, not just in sleep issues. My instinct is to think, I've already screwed up by not getting to bed on time, so I might as well stay up all night reading. (Just as my instinct is to think, I can't install the new natural stone surfaces I covet, so why bother wiping toothpaste splatters off this builder-basic beige vanity?) So exercising flexibility in service of the greater goal is good life skills training for me.
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Post by lostchild on Sept 20, 2014 11:07:56 GMT -5
Okay so it's 2:11 today k sleeping pill earlier and didn't sleep...just now tired! Goodnight!! Awake 9:07 a.m. epic fail.
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Post by hollyhock on Sept 20, 2014 11:09:03 GMT -5
larataylor and cricket. You both made good attempts so give yourself credit. I'm alone so my plans are not interrupted by others. Maybe what might be best for you is to figure out a different routine for the weekend when there are more people and activities going on. And then do the one posted Sun - Thurs. If you plan it ahead, then you can still kind of keep on track. Keep it realistic - sleep time is important - but family members are more so. Once I start working, I may not be able to settle too quickly if I don't get home until 9:30 - so I will have to take that into account then too.
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Post by hollyhock on Sept 20, 2014 11:13:30 GMT -5
lostchild - it looked like you were up cleaning quite late? Maybe you were too invigorated to slow down and sleep. Could you plan a quiet time before bed? I'm talking about a quiet routine to relax and cue yourself that it is time to sleep? A nice bath. Quiet reading time. Something soothing? (I am trying this myself.)
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Post by lostchild on Sept 20, 2014 11:21:22 GMT -5
I stay invigorated. The new medicine has a side effect of not letting me sleep much. I ended up staying up till no medication in system. Then sleep...not fully rested but kids are up so I am up.
I will try quiet time. Yesterday ex came over and he did work for me all day so he ate then literally fell asleep midsentence and daughter curled beside him...out like light but she couldn't sleep at bedtime so I tried to nap but just ended up agitated so I did homework.
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Post by larataylor on Sept 20, 2014 12:23:36 GMT -5
I know it's important to get up at the same time every morning. But maybe Friday and Saturday nights I could stay up later, and take a nap to make up for it around noon Saturday and Sunday. A later nap would probably keep me up that night, and an earlier one would be too much like going back to bed, and would probably go to long. I will try that next weekend.
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Post by hollyhock on Sept 20, 2014 21:02:43 GMT -5
I'm sorry guys but I think I am going to opt out of this sleep challenge, at least for now. I have too much going on right now to be worried about what time I go to bed. I already go between 10 and 12 and I am usually up at 6 or 7 so it's not really a problem for me, so I am not going to make it one. I don't think I have ever slept more than 6 hours in my life! If it becomes a problem when I go back to work, I will reconsider - but as far as I'm concerned this job will be easier and less of a sleep challenge than any other in my 42 year work history, so I don't think it will be a problem. Thanks, though, larataylor, for the invite.
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Post by larataylor on Sept 20, 2014 21:11:15 GMT -5
10:10 - I just ran around locking and turning lights off, gathering dishes from the teen den, etc. I've been feeling sleepy. DD already asleep. Let's see how it goes …. hollyhock - glad it's not a big problem for you! I wish I were okay with six hours, too.
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Post by cricket on Sept 21, 2014 8:18:57 GMT -5
I was in bed by midnight and up with my alarm at 8:30. I actually woke a bit before the alarm. I think this might be my best weekend sleep schedule. It's plenty of sleep and allows for the different patterns of the weekend, but doesn't totally destroy my weekday sleep schedule.
The only reason I set the alarm for 8:30 instead of 8:00 because my weekday alarm is 5:30, and changing those minutes is a royal pain. I could shoot for 11:30-7:30, but that may not account for other's activities as well. I'll see how it goes.
The test will be how easy it is to transition to a 10:30-5:30 schedule for weekdays. Getting up three hours earlier is a change, but not as radical as my more or less random sleep patterns that included a lot of weekend daytime sleep.
I'm really glad I am giving sleep some serious thought. It's been a backburner issue for me for too long, something I wasn't prioritizing even though it's not that difficult or time consuming. I think it's going to improve my quality of life.
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Post by larataylor on Sept 21, 2014 8:58:06 GMT -5
I got into bed and went to sleep at 10:30. DD had a quiet Saturday night at home, so that helped. Then I woke up at 2:00 and was up for two hours. I finished the kitchen and laundry. DD woke me at about 8:30.
My phone alarm is set for 7:00. The phone says 9:40 right now, but it's really 9:50. And the alarm just went off. So I can't rely on this phone for telling time or waking me up. At least it still works as a phone!
That was not perfect, but still much, much better than what I had been doing. And what DH is *still* doing! I'm hoping the power of suggestion will eventually get to him.
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