Lately I’ve been averaging only four to five hours of sleep per night. If you ask anyone they would tell you that’s not enough sleep, and have to agree.
Because of our current circumstances and health issues in our house I am usually busy during the day and other than a few hours here and there I usually start work at about 8:30 or 9:00 at night. By that time I’m tired, cranky (just ask my wife) and not nearly as efficient as I should be. It feels like I usually get more done in the eight hours or so of “day-time work” during the week than I do during all the hours of late night work.
This runs contrary to how I’ve usually worked as my thoughts have always been the more hours I can put it, the more I will get done. As I proved to myself this weekend though with not being able to produce the week’s YWAM Podcast, there comes a point where no matter how hard I try to work, if I’m too tired it just doesn’t come together.
My thoughts are that by getting 7 – 8 hours of sleep a night I’m going to increase my efficiency to where I will be getting as much done for each hour I work at night as I do for my daylight hours. By being more rested in general it will also help me to get more done during those daytime hours, and it should have a positive flow over effect into all other areas of my life…
Let me know how that works Bill. Very interested in the results. Lack of sleep / tiredness / lack of productivity is something I am struggling with too. May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you as you diligently serve Him.
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