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Balancing a post a day takes a lot of organization. I find that writing a few posts at a time and scheduling the publishing date makes things a lot easier. This morning, I really thought I had one scheduled for the normal 6:00 AM time. Nope. I didn’t and I slept in. When I realized this upon waking, I figured why not just blog about sleeping. I’m really good at it. (Sometimes)

I am true believer in the power of sleep. Our circadian rhythms are important to mental clarity, disease prevention, and cell rebirth. Oftentimes, the busy educator would rather forgo sleeping in order to “get everything done.” When we are in the “sacrifice syndrome” and we are under a lot of pressure our natural tendency is cut out sleep. Bad move. It might work for a day or two, maybe even a week, but eventually it will catch up with us. When we lose out on precious sleep we become cranky, short with others, and end up being a bit irrational.

Next time you are feeling that inclination to cut out on your sleep, think twice. It could have negative effects on your productivity, your perception of situations, or even worse lead to disease. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz