September 15, 2007

Why is it that it's hard to go to bed early and it's hard to get up early? Even with the same amount of sleep it seems to be easier to go to bed late and to sleep in than early to bed and early to rise. I believe it is a test of our will power. We are commanded in the scriptures to not oversleep.

D&C 88: 124
Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated.

I once heard that if you were in a mine or someplace where you had no concept of what time it was that you would run on a 25 hour cycle instead of 24. I can certainly believe that. It's interesting to think of sleep as such a vital aspect to our personal progression. Now I just have to conquer my other vices...

September 12, 2007

I've made a goal for myself to start going to bed earlier and waking up earlier. I'd like to get to the point where I'm waking up at 6:30 am (today I got up at 7 am). The reasons I'm doing this are to gain better self control by disciplining myself and to have some "alone" time before the house wakes up. The problem I'm having is that the earlier I get up, the earlier everybody else seems to be getting up too. So much for alone time. I guess I'll just have to be pleased that I'm gaining more self control.