On Sleep

In this day and age, the idea of eight to nine hours of sleep a night is antiquated. People get by with four, five hours a night, every night. If they get six or seven, they've technically 'overslept.' When did this happen? When did people decide that to achieve, do, see, be more, they'd cut into the second most important thing your body needs to be healthy? When did we become a nation of sleepless zombies? We're so overstimulated by our smartphones, netbooks, tablets, laptops, dvr's, ereaders, we've forgotten how to take care of ourselves. This is one trend that I have no interest in participating in, from tonight on, my mission is seven to eight hours of uninterrupted, blissful sleep a night. I'll be the one at work in a wonderful mood, while everyone else is cranky and overdosing on bad, work coffee.