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Here’s an interesting side effect of me trying to take care of myself. At least, it’s interesting to me, and it’s my blog, so shut up, I’m writing about it, nyah.

Basically, in an attempt to take care of myself. I’ve been going to bed early. Now, this doesn’t mean particularly early for a lot of people. I’m going to be around 11 or whatever. However, it’s a huge bunch of early for me, who normally gets to bed at 1 or 2. This creates an interesting dynamic with my internal clock. It tends to wake me up early, because it knows how much sleep I tend to get. Therefore, I’m getting to bed earlier, but I’m waking up earlier, too. Since I normally wake up at 6ish, that’s getting pretty early. For example, today I woke up at 4 AM.

This is good and bad. For one, I’m still getting more sleep this way than I was before. It still might not be 8 hours, but when I wake up at 4, I do at least have the option of staying in bed for awhile, unlike when I stay up late, and I have to get up and go teach. Overall I’m more rested. At the same time, it still feels like I’m losing time. I mean, I’ve been grading for hours today already. I got extra time. It was working out. But it doesn’t feel that way. I’m so used to staying up late, it feels like I’m wasting my time sleeping when I don’t stay up. It’s not a fact. It’s a mental issue. But it’s still something I have to be concerned with.

Basically, I could have slept in today, but I found myself worrying about stuff I had to do when I woke up. I could have stayed in bed, but I wouldn’t have gotten to sleep due to worry. Now, I’ve knocked out the problem. I got my grading done, and I’m ready to face the day. That’s nice.

Or something like nice.

I guess my internal clock will just have to deal. Then again, in a few weeks, this semester will be over, and next semester will be much more sleep-friendly. Maybe I just have to deal a little longer. I dunno.