I Need More Sleep!

So like a lot of people out there I'm constantly sleep deprived. I'm a night owl and an insomniac which just doesn't work at all with my school schedule of waking up at 8 am. However, somehow my sleep schedule has gotten even worse lately...

For the past few months I'll get typically five hours of sleep on a weekday and about twelve hours of sleep on weekends. For some people that amount of time would be fine but for me it feels like I'm constantly either not sleeping enough or sleeping too much. Being a night owl I'm naturally more awake at night than in the day but I also have a very active mind so it's hard for me to shut myself up so I can fall asleep. My old sleep schedule gave me about 7 hours of sleep during weekdays and 10 hours of sleep on weekends which was more balanced than it is now. The only good thing about my sleeping habits is that I'm a deep sleeper so I don't constantly wake up in the middle of the night.

But besides from me rambling on about my sleeping patterns, my point is that being sleep deprived isn't fun. I'm constantly stressed out and always tired. I wish I could be different but I've been this way as long as I can remember. Even when I was a kid and I had a bedtime I would just lay awake in bed for hours trying to fall asleep so going to sleep earlier is not my issue even though everyone seems to think the solution is that simple.

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