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I need to get better at getting to bed earlier

I always stay up WAAAAAAY too late.  Most of the time it's because I've got a billion and one things on my mind.  Tonight it's because I napped earlier because I was so soo sooo super tired after work.

I really want to try and get to sleep a little earlier.  But yea I'm usually thinking about lots of things or trying to figure out and plan stuff or trying to make a to-do list with a LOT of stuff on it.

I read somewhere one time that it's actually better to set an alarm clock to go to bed than it is to set an alarm clock to wake up. I don't remember what that was in or where it was I read that.  But it's an interesting idea.  I think I might have to give that a try some time.  I don't know about anyone else but I always think... ok I'll just take a few more minutes to do this or that.  And then before I know it... it's WAAY past my bed time.

Recently I had a random chat with a friend of mine from college.  It was fun to talk about random things and people and all that stuff.  It's funny because college is supposed to be the time when you stay up till all hours of the night... and I mean I did stay up pretty late now and again in college... but most nights I actually went to sleep pretty early.  I was always SUPER tired because I had some brilliant idea to swim a mile or 60 some laps 3 nights a week for like a whole 2 years of college.  It was kinda crazy.  But yea that used to just zonk me out REALLY early.

Now I just sip some chamomile tea.  Hmmm yea I guess that I just have lots on my mind and then I keep thinking about stuff and worry about things and that sorta keeps my mind going so I can't fall asleep.

But I know that I shouldn't worry too much.  Just let things happen how they are day by day and just kinda see what comes.

My biggest issue that I want to be more productive with creative and music and video things.  But by the time I get home at the end of the day... I'm all like zoned out and so I can't really seem to get much done.  I stay up trying to do more things but my brain just gets all fuzzy and since I get less sleep I'm just not very productive.

Hopefully tomorrow night I'll get to sleep maybe a little early and then I can sleep in saturday and then hopefully saturday I can be more productive on the creative side of things.

I just feel like there's always so many other things to be done that I have so little time for creative stuff!  I wish I could post something new every week here like songs, or pictures, or videos, or video blogs, or comedy things.  Hopefully if I can get the income happening from this then I can eventually make enough money to live off and then I can devote TONS of time to just doing creative things!   But for now... it's day job and then a little bit of creative productivity in the evening and then eventually just falling asleep.

I have a hunch though that maybe if I just go to sleep earlier.  I can be more productive in the short time after work.  Maybe try to not think too much about other things in life and just focus on being super productive right after work and then just getting to bed earlier!

I think I might have to test that theory out and see how it works.  I'll set a bed time alarm clock... no matter what... when that alarm goes off... I go to sleep.  Or at least lay in my bed and count sheep?

Even if they are zebra and giraffe looking sheeps.  Or... as I'll call them... Shebras and Gireeps.