22 February, 2022

It’s a busy time.

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Projects are ending. The team is turning over. And this recording comes complete with slurred speech and too much caffeine.

I haven’t slept much in the past few days. My default, my autopilot excuse is to blame our two young kids. It won’t do on this occasion. Much of my lack of sleep is utterly self-inflicted and entirely avoidable.

I’ve been up late finishing a book draft for submission. Procrastination continues to be my motivator…but it does so at the cost of much-needed slumber.

For anyone with any ambition, sleep appears to be both your worst enemy and your best friend. And yet, there is no end of benefit in serving yourself the constant reminders that sleep is more the latter than the former. A few night’s without good quality sleep might appear harmless. Add on a few more sleepless episodes and things start to go downhill. Fast. You can count depression and increased risk of heart disease among the problems that await you.

Today, my lack of sleep made me feel like I needed two breakfasts and twice as much coffee as normal.

It might sound cute, or funny, or lackadaisical…but it can’t be compounded. Not if I want to be around long enough to see my kids grow, produce my best work, and serve the most people.

How can you maximise the quality of your time and minimise the pressure to devote the quantity of it to work?

Sleep well, and be well.

UK NHS pages on sleep.

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