Circadian rhythms and blues...

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So it's 2.30am on a Thursday morning and I'm sat in bed writing a blog post - why would anyone do that?
Well certainly not out of choice that's for sure!

From time to time I go through a phase where I am unable to sleep at night, and by that I mean as soon as I go to bed I no longer feel tired. I have learnt that there is no point in lying here tossing and turning as it just makes me frustrated. So now I have to get up and do something, anything that will keep me occupied probably until around 5am.

I quite often work on jewellery during these periods and have actually come up with some pretty decent designs. The problem is I tend to get engrossed and at times have only just stopped myself from incurring the wrath of my neighbours by launching into a full scale metal bashing session!

Nocturnal Inspiration

This pattern will usually continue for a couple of nights and be followed by a night of the 'sleep of the dead' because I'm so exhausted and can go on for a number of weeks, even though I try to follow the principles of sleep hygiene. Since I have always been more of a 'lark' than an 'owl' I have a tendency to put it down to being a 'woman of a certain age' (which to be honest is what I put most things down to) and those dear old hormones interfering with my Circadian Rhythms. I do wonder sometimes if I just went with the flow and slept during the day - which I could do quite easily, whether I would become completely nocturnal...bit of a lonely existence though with just the birds and critters for company.

So there you go...I don't have a beading head on tonight so I'm writing this post as an alternative to talking to myself, which will probably seem like madness on the morning but, hey ho!

Still a couple of hours to go so I guess I'll go tidy my Etsy shop or start my tax return or something...

Sweet dreams.

Lesley