All posts tagged: Circadian Rhythm

Post #10: Sleep

Welcome to the tenth post of the Great Writing Challenge of 2012. Five days a week for six months, I will be given a topic to write about. The stipulation: it must be 250 words (or more), and positive in tone. If you would like to suggest topics for me to write about, please email me at TheRebeccaProject [at] gmail [dot] com. Sleep has rarely come easy for me, and now, as tonight’s deadline for bed has been and gone, I’m still here writing. Each night, I try every thing under the sun to not acknowledge my bedtime. But what part of this is because my body clock tells me we have hours before I’ll naturally be inclined to sleep, and what part of this is my 6-year-old inner self not wanting to be hemmed in by “boring nonsense” like a responsible bedtime? To be the very best I can be, my body requires sleep. I know that, but I just don’t want to sleep. There’s plenty more interesting things I’d rather be doing than …