Is oversleeping a habit you can’t break?
By tudors
@tudors (1556)
China
February 25, 2009 11:38pm CST
oversleeping makes us late for work or class and even get fired. But the worst consequence is : missing out on life.
How did you wake up each morning? Did you slowly roll out of bed, turn off the alarm clock, go to the bathroom, only to convince yourself in your cognitive fog that you should probably go back and lie down? And what happens then — oops, you’re back asleep.
When life is full of energy and ambition, this rarely happens. What does happen? You wake up with a jolt, excited to tackle the day. You think “there’s so much to do, and so little time,” but this motivates you to start working early. Sometimes you wake a few minutes before the alarm goes off.
The problem with oversleeping is that it affects the rest of our day. Iflazily crawl out of bed after a 10-hour sleep, what’s the rest of day like? Full of energy? No. The rest of day is spent in a cognitive fog.
1 response
@thungster (156)
• United States
26 Feb 09
I generally like to sleep in, but I work full time so it isn't generally possible. It usually takes me a little while to get used to waking up on time for work. Once I am used to it, I generally wake up automatically a couple minutes before my alarm goes off.
Then, after a hard week of work, I tend to sleep in on weekends. Although, this doesn't really affect the rest of my day. I still have a productive, albeit shorter, day.
