http://everydayfiesta.vox.com/library/posts/tags/sleep/page/1/ Happy Holidays everyone! en Vox Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:50:02 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss sleep http://everydayfiesta.vox.com/library/post/theyve-taken-my-yawns-and-now-i-cant-sleep-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(darleen) http://everydayfiesta.vox.com/library/post/theyve-taken-my-yawns-and-now-i-cant-sleep-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://everydayfiesta.vox.com/library/post/theyve-taken-my-yawns-and-now-i-cant-sleep-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:50:02 -0800 <p>I love to sleep. If there&#39;s one habit I&#39;d like to continuously develop, it&#39;s the art of sleeping. I&#39;ve been able to sleep in the strangest places, cramped, hot, cool, scary - you name it, I&#39;ve probably slept on it - or in it!</p><p>I&#39;ve tried sleeping inside a cabinet - as a kid I get scared easily and my refuge would be the cabinet in my room. In the morning, my mom would find me in the cabinet when she can&#39;t find me on my bed. I think until know I can still sleep in my cabinet.</p><p>I&#39;ve tried sleeping on sand - it&#39;s cool to the skin, but can be uncomfortable considering the amount of insects you&#39;d encounter after one night. </p><p>Care to mention transportation? Bus, train, planes, etc - I&#39;ve slept in it all. I&#39;ve tried sleeping in a box, a suitcase, and on hard wood - man that last one was probably the worst of the bunch, I couldn&#39;t feel anything but the pain on my back! (or maybe I&#39;m just getting old).</p><p>One of the reasons I quit my day job was because I couldn&#39;t enjoy my sleep. I&#39;d leave home way too early, then arrive really late - no time to relax because during weekends, my boss would be &quot;delegating&quot; work. Now I know there are people who live on less than 5 hours of sleep in a day, and definitely, count me out. My sleep has to be 8 hours at least - or else I won&#39;t function properly during the day (zombie alert) and no amount of coffee can&#39;t perk me up.</p><p>After quitting my work, I was so pleased at the thought of sleeping a full 12 hours. </p><p>Unfortunately, a week after quitting, I still haven&#39;t managed to do so. </p><p>Why am I not sleeping? Do I have insomnia? This is scary. i love to sleep! but i cant sleep! could.. could... they have taken all my yawns?&#160; When will I be able to sleep properly again! Should I be taking sleeping pills?</p><p>My eyes are so tired but my brain is still working. This has got to stop.<br /></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://everydayfiesta.vox.com/library/post/theyve-taken-my-yawns-and-now-i-cant-sleep-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398bf485c000100e398c14d000002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> sleep insomnia