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Sleepless In The City

Sleepless In The City

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Oct 02, 2023
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Can't get no sleep!

Apologies in advance, this isn’t an upbeat Monday morning update.

How should one function on less than two hours sleep?

Should I take the day off? After all, I am the boss of me.

I’ve never been one for napping in the afternoon, but should I try and catch up on some much needed sleep or do I soldier on and try and achieve something productive today?

The one thing I did accomplish at 2.36am under the blanket of night, was journaling. I literally raged on a page. The title was ‘TRAPPED’. I won’t go into what I wrote because it was deep, real deep, one for another day perhaps. It was all I could do, express with harsh descriptions of how frustrated and angry I felt about my inability to sleep and stay asleep. I wouldn’t wish that feeling on anyone. It’s torturous.

But it was very interesting reading back through my journal at 6am this morning. Isn't it mad how different our perspectives are on life when we are struggling to get some shut eye.

You’re probably wondering what kept me awa…

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