61/100 - A good sleep
Having an unwavering atheist for a father didn't entirely save me from the effects of growing up in a catholic culture. I was infused with all sorts of irrational forms of guilt and prejudice, one of which had to do with sleeping late or sleeping too much. I suppose some of this runs across christian ways of thinking because american culture has a similar baggage, the early bird gets the worm and all that.
But I'm glad science is changing the narrative around sleep and the culture seems to be steering it's massive boat in that direction. Turns out sleep is good for you and sleep deprivation is pretty terrible.
Part of an effort to accept myself was accepting my own sleep patterns. I like working late at night and that pushes my waking time into the late morning, and that's fine. When I tried to force myself to wake up early I think I was messing with some complex mechanism and things were breaking down. I don't want to judge early risers or those who really need little sleep but I'm not one of them and I can accept that now. Ironically enough I'm still in the acceptance stage, a few steps behind the celebration stage. At this point I openly celebrate things that were difficult before, like being and introvert or enjoying obnoxiously loud music, but the late sleeper badge is still stashed away.
I hope you are sleeping well these days.
A good sleep is also a form of growth is 4" by 3" (even though those feet seem wide awake). Available here.