Last weekend I decided I was going to keep a sleep diary for two weeks, just as a health checkin to see what my habits are like, and where I can improve.
Keeping a sleep diary, even just for one week, turns out to be kind of hard to do. The sleep diary that I chose to use asks what time you get into bed, what time you tried to go to sleep, and how long it actually took you to fall asleep. I had to completely guess at the how long it took me to get to sleep, because I'm not looking at a clock and checking, or watching the minutes change until I'm suddenly asleep. Likewise, if you happen to wake up during the night, it asks you how many of minutes you were up for. I also have absolutely no idea, and completely guessed at all of this.
But it was eye-opening how much I was waking up, at least over the course of this one week. Last weekend I was waking up 2-3 times a night; thankfully during the work week I was only waking up about once a night. Most nights my cat was actually responsible for at least one time that I woke up (he sometimes wakes me up because he wants attention).
My nighttime routine was also garbage last week. I started playing a whole bunch of different Wordle games, which combined took about a half hour + to finish. I was doing them every night at midnight, so that pushed my regular nighttime routine back by about a half hour. I made the decision two nights ago to stop doing all the Wordles, so hopefully things will improve.
Last week was also, somewhat unexpectedly, the lead up to my period starting. I was expecting it to start around tomorrow, but it started on Friday instead. That has also majorly messed with everything: I was (and continue to be) extra tired, and have had to get up in the middle of the night for that as well. So for that reason, I decided not to continue with the sleep log this weekend. I'll give is a break this week, hopefully get my regular routine back on track (and be feeling less tired), and maybe give it another try starting next weekend.
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