Comments on: sleep the sleep, I pray you… http://reesabrown.com/2009/08/13/sleep-the-sleep-i-pray-you/ the life and writerly times of Reesa Brown Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Anne KG Murphy http://reesabrown.com/2009/08/13/sleep-the-sleep-i-pray-you/#comment-572 Anne KG Murphy Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:14:58 +0000 http://reesabrown.com/?p=218#comment-572 As far as I can tell, the two components that have the largest affect on how much sleep I need are how much exercise I get (more exercise = less sleep needed), and how positively I feel when I wake up and I have something I'm eager to do at that time. I find when I'm working around someone else's schedule I'm also much less likely to take needed time for exercise and stretching, and thus I sleep more. I'm working on that, but old habits are hard to break, especially now that I've lived mostly on my own for a couple years and being around someone else is almost always holiday-like. As far as I can tell, the two components that have the largest affect on how much sleep I need are how much exercise I get (more exercise = less sleep needed), and how positively I feel when I wake up and I have something I’m eager to do at that time.

I find when I’m working around someone else’s schedule I’m also much less likely to take needed time for exercise and stretching, and thus I sleep more. I’m working on that, but old habits are hard to break, especially now that I’ve lived mostly on my own for a couple years and being around someone else is almost always holiday-like.

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