Restless (5)
It started a lot earlier tonight, and from the moment I laid down, I realized that rest was not soon to come. Rather than fight it, I immediately got up and went into the office. In this time that I’ve been up, I’ve been able to think through the things I need to get done tomorrow, print off some things that I’ve had stacked up for the last month, and even taken small steps towards cleaning up my way-too-messy home office. If these sleepless nights continue, I can foresee my office being spotless by the end of the month!
A good friend asked today if stress could be causing it, and honestly, I’m feeling no more stress that what I would consider normal. In fact, there were many times in my life where stress was much more severe than now – without a job; without a paycheck; mounting credit card balances; great frustrations and enormous friction between friends or coworkers; countdown before a launch; etc – and I never had trouble sleeping. That’s the one thing I could always count on. When I could lay down, sleep came quickly and it lasted for a minimum of six hours and typically eight or more.
Which makes this even stranger.
For now anyway, I’m going to take advantage of these two extra hours in each day. That’s more time to ponder, more time to muse, more time to worship, more time to plan, more time to clean, and more time to prepare myself for the inevitable challenges of the coming day.
That’s not such a bad thing!