Jan 20 2010
Happiness is getting enough sleep
I said this before half-jokingly.
My internship was going on. My final year project (FYP) was due in 3 weeks. My debate team was heading off to a tournament in 5 weeks.
Each of these is enough to consume 50% of my time normally. (30% being for sleep and 20% for other stuff)
50% x 3 = 150%
Sounds like bad math to me coz it doesn’t add up. Where on earth could I find 36 hours in a day?
There just wasn’t enough time
So sleep had to go away. I would finish work everyday and do the 40 min drive back. I’d work on my FYP for a while, preparing the presentation and typing up the final thesis. Then I’d trudge to the university and have debate training every night until 11pm at least. Often till 1am.
Then back home I’d still have to work on my FYP or if I had time then I would read up on some news or other.
We won a trophy but that’s not the point
I finished my internship, successfully gave my FYP presentation and went to the tournament. We got the damned Australs trophy (ESL) and I could them finally get back home and SLEEP.
Not enough sleep makes you crazy
No wonder sleep deprivation can be torture. The happiest moments become pure pain if you have to keep fighting to stay awake.
All the stuff that happens to you everyday has no time to be sorted by your mind during normal sleep (this process is called dreaming). It makes the days just merge together, without a solid start or end to any day.
It makes you go crazy.
Happiness means getting enough sleep.
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