For a long while it was just an occasional habit — I’d stay up even after I knew I needed to go to sleep, wasting time in a manner completely unproductive. Not doing homework, not working on a project, not even reading a book or playing a video game.<\/p>\n
Instead, I’d be randomly surfing the web, reading wikipedia articles or ever more obscure news magazines and newspapers, scouring them for something vaguely interesting. Or else, if I’d somehow put the computer aside, skimming through the book I was reading — not actually reading, mind, but flipping through and reading bits and scenes I hadn’t yet arrived at. Neither of these behaviors benefit me in any way, and yet sometimes I would find myself doing it. Worse, I knew I was doing it, but somehow couldn’t stop myself.<\/p>\n
I’ve been doing it far more frequently of late, and it’s hard to pinpoint exactly why. It may be related to school somehow; I should theoretically be finished with that by August, so if that’s the case perhaps the compulsion to waste time like this will dissipate at that point. Dorrie has been cooperating with me in this by having her sleep schedule pushed forward — 3am to noon means mummy can come downstairs and doze for a few more hours with her. But it also means mummy gets nothing done in the morning and often Dorrie’s lunch is late because we both oversleep. It also makes me even more cranky and short in the mornings than normal because that’s no longer just bonus sleep, it’s necessary sleep — I haven’t had nearly enough the night before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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