Just a quick check in today. I had another zero minutes of sleep cycle from Friday evening, up until, just about now. My mind is behaving differently and creating ideas that connect waaaay too many dots at a time to be accurate. OTOH, I find the Byzantine elaboration in my thoughts a bit entertaining. 
I can easily spot them because they come with a tell tale sign of something like being awarded a Nobel Prize, or publishing a new theorem in some field where I have no expertise.
So, I have targeted 10:00 PM for bedtime, compared to finally winding down at some point between 1:00 and 3:00 AM. And I feel like a mr. Poopypants because I’m flat out irritable as a result of the sleep deprivation. It’s like nothing is good enough. Put on some music, but the cheerful or energetic styles are grating, but my go-to heavy metal is just a bunch of spoiled little rock stars whining about their relationship failures.
Last thing is that I tried being more polite with myself. I figured that if I can harshly criticize myself, then it must also be appropriate to notice when things turn out okay. By now I feel lighter, so I am inclined to explore this further.
I can easily spot them because they come with a tell tale sign of something like being awarded a Nobel Prize, or publishing a new theorem in some field where I have no expertise.So, I have targeted 10:00 PM for bedtime, compared to finally winding down at some point between 1:00 and 3:00 AM. And I feel like a mr. Poopypants because I’m flat out irritable as a result of the sleep deprivation. It’s like nothing is good enough. Put on some music, but the cheerful or energetic styles are grating, but my go-to heavy metal is just a bunch of spoiled little rock stars whining about their relationship failures.
Last thing is that I tried being more polite with myself. I figured that if I can harshly criticize myself, then it must also be appropriate to notice when things turn out okay. By now I feel lighter, so I am inclined to explore this further.
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