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Andrew James's avatar

Hi Em. I saw you were recommending Coffee in Drawings out, so I thought I would come and see what you're writing here and I'm so glad I did.

Sleep is a complicated beast. As a former shiftworker I've trained my body to get up too early. It seems that whenever I go to bed, I wake at 6am, unable to get back to sleep. Even if I'm still tired.

It's a different "problem" from what you're talking about here but the lesson is the same; everything got better when I decided to work with what I've got, accept the routine and just get up and get on with the day. No use picking a fight that you know you're gonna lose.

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Emily Pittman's avatar

Thank you so much for this thoughtful comment Andrew! I'm really glad you enjoyed the read. Sometimes I wish I couldn't fall back asleep in the morning, but you're right, it's still less sleep than what we need! We've gotta make it work, couldn't agree more.

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