Since forever, I would always try to stay awake as much as I could. I would only fall asleep when my eyes were too heavy to keep open. There’s this idea that sleep is a waste of time, but that is not true. It only feels that way because we don’t know what’s going on in the background. To us, sleep is a blank span of time that we don’t do anything. However, your body is deep at work repairing the body and getting it ready for the next day.

From an evolutionary perspective, sleep is a liability. We are unconscious for 8 hours vulnerable to predators. Yet, something is going on that’s supersedes that risk. That’s how important sleep is.

“With sleep, you can make the impossible possible. Without sleep, you make the possible impossible”

We are at our best when we get enough sleep. We think faster and perform better. We also live longer! So it’s not even that if you sleep less, you get more done. You’ll get less done and die sooner than if you got proper sleep.

So instead of thinking “I have to go to bed,” think “I get to go to bed”

Now when I close my eyes, I feel for the gentle tug of sleep. If it’s present, I relax my body and allow my body to take care of itself.

Sleep is self care. Simple as that.