Comments on: Sleep as counter-culture

By: pcNielsen

pcNielsen — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:37:30 +0000

If I sleep too long I’m in just as bad of shape as too little. If I get more than 9 hours I’m likely to be groggy all day.

By: TobiasDavis

TobiasDavis — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:33:50 +0000

However, “A little sleep, a little slumber, and poverty comes on you like a lion” is a reminder to not overdo the sleeping.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:33:34 +0000

Honestly, after I finished grad school, I started sleeping better than I ever have before. Most of my insomnia disappeared. Now I work from home and sleep late. I love it! And I’m just as productive–maybe more so.

By: pNielsen

pNielsen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:16:19 +0000

Jim,

I’m likewise a fan of a consistent daily awakening hour. However, my body only likes to rise at or shortly after sunrise. I find it very difficult to get up when it’s dark, save for on a quiet morning during a good snow. Also, however, I find it very difficult to stay in bed long after it’s light out. Funny, though, how many jobs I’ve had that have required I be up before it’s light out.

By: Janr

Janr — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:41:53 +0000

Blessed are the ones who can sleep. Cursed the one’s who can’t? Or maybe afflicted by a newly discovered pathological epidemic? Insomnia is everywhere and it is being ‘linked’ to the most vile consequences. liks, as we maybe need reminding, are not causal they are statistical correlations. Still, insomnia maybe a blessing – albeit:in much disguise. It is a symptom, a messenger of days misspent. Not morally but in terms of excess stress, excess anxiety and excess audio-visual overstimulation. A victim describes her ordeal in Gayle Greene: Insomniac. A colleague of yours, I believe (Pastoral Counselor) wrote a very remarkable book: I Want to Sleep-Unlearning Insomnia (Siegfried Haug) Talk about a paradigm shift: Stop fighting Insomnia – pursue sleep instead.

By: Jim Janknegt

Jim Janknegt — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:25:11 +0000

I believe in a good nights sleep. I also believe in getting up at the same time every day. The hard part is getting to bed at the right time. Both my daughter and wife are hoot owls and love to stay up late and sleep in. I, on the other hand, like to go to bed early and get up early. I used to get up at 5:00 am but just couldn’t get to sleep early enough to get enough rest to function on. I was always feeling tired. So I now get up at 5:30. I have less quite time in the morning but the rest of my day goes better.

America would be a better place if most of it’s citizens weren’t sleep deprived.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:14:56 +0000

Thank you for the reminder after this weekend… Friday night I went to bed early, slept a good ten hours, and got up and had a great Saturday. Amazing what good rest can do for ya.

By: Eulalia Benejam Cobb

Eulalia Benejam Cobb — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:16:28 +0000

Wonderful post. Is there anything more delicious than the sensation of falling asleep, or of “surfacing” during the night and realizing that it’s not time to get up yet? And thanks for the Peguy quote. I didn’t know anybody still read him.