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Waiting for Dan to come downstairs on the first day of the return to the grind... having accidentally written the beginning of a song (one I've been meaning to write for ages, but still) while I should have been sleeping. At least there is lima bean soup. And I didn't lose that much sleep, because I fixedly ignored it after the first two stanzas.
The feeling right after I'm wrenched into wakefulness before I would have woken on my own (which is nearly inevitable, since I tend to sleep till I have to get to do something) is particularly bad on days when I've both slept less than I might have, for stupid reasons, and have little to look forward to during the day. There's a very short moment, right when I'm prying my eyelids open, when it's almost as bad as nausea. It was the worst in high school, when I needed the most sleep and had the least. People always complain about high school; I had a lovely time when I was actually in school, but the actual process of getting up for school was like a Sisyphean exercise. As I imagine it was for everybody; supposedly you're meant to get 9.3 hours of sleep on average as a teenager, and no I know went to bed at 9pm.
I haven't looked into the research, but I suspect shoving the whole school day (and the work day, for that matter) at least an hour, maybe two, forward on the clock might be conducive to greater happiness. I can see why it hasn't been done, as that would be a lot of trouble, but I'd certainly be better at the diurnal cycle.
The feeling right after I'm wrenched into wakefulness before I would have woken on my own (which is nearly inevitable, since I tend to sleep till I have to get to do something) is particularly bad on days when I've both slept less than I might have, for stupid reasons, and have little to look forward to during the day. There's a very short moment, right when I'm prying my eyelids open, when it's almost as bad as nausea. It was the worst in high school, when I needed the most sleep and had the least. People always complain about high school; I had a lovely time when I was actually in school, but the actual process of getting up for school was like a Sisyphean exercise. As I imagine it was for everybody; supposedly you're meant to get 9.3 hours of sleep on average as a teenager, and no I know went to bed at 9pm.
I haven't looked into the research, but I suspect shoving the whole school day (and the work day, for that matter) at least an hour, maybe two, forward on the clock might be conducive to greater happiness. I can see why it hasn't been done, as that would be a lot of trouble, but I'd certainly be better at the diurnal cycle.