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Sleep-Deprived Blogger Has Brain Fog

May 19, 2009 By: Patricia

I’m really tired today (Monday). Last night I came upstairs at 10:00 to do one more thing at my computer (after watching the Survivor finale), and ended up hitting the sack at 2:45 AM. As usual, the “one more thing” had turned into ten more things.

Once in bed, of course, I couldn’t fall right to sleep. Too many tasks on my mind. All good stuff, mind you, stuff I want to do, but my brain struggled to stay awake, listing and prioritizing at warp speed. I figure I slept about three and a half hours before my internal alarm woke me up. I’d forgotten to turn it off before I went to bed.

I’m writing this at 4:00 PM Monday so I can schedule it to post early Tuesday morning. Since I can’t go to bed early tonight (mustn’t miss my writer’s critique group), I plan to sleep in tomorrow. I’ll have this mental conversation with whatever part of my brain houses that internal alarm. “Tomorrow,” I’ll say, “I don’t want to get up until I’ve had at least eight hours of good sleep.” I’ll repeat that a couple of times to make sure it registers.

Brain fog makes for a very boring blog, doesn’t it?

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Comments

  1. Karen Brees says

    May 27, 2009 at 11:41 am

    I haven’t slept through the night since 1974. What does that feel like????

  2. Enid Wilson says

    May 20, 2009 at 3:04 am

    I have been sleeping for 4 to 5 hours for some years now, often wake up at 3 or 4 am, read or write a bit before going back to sleep again. Seem we are all in the same boat.

    Sexy romance by Enid Wilson

  3. K. A. Laity says

    May 19, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    I’ve resigned myself to being tired and dragging until the end of the month when I leave the country for a whole relaxing month! Sleep deprivation is a mind-altering experience. Hope you get some sleep tonight!

  4. N A Sharpe says

    May 19, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    Ah…sleep. I vaguely remember the concept. I think sometimes we get so busy our brains have a hard time turning off to allow us the downtime we so desperately need. Its great when you can get things planned and done ahead of time though. Good for you! Go try to get some sleep 🙂

    Nancy
    http://nasharpe.blogspot.com

  5. Jina Bacarr says

    May 19, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    To sleep, perchance to…blog?

    Jina

    http://tinyurl.com/BerlinSexDiary

  6. Kerrie says

    May 19, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    2:45 am?? That’s crazy-I don’t care how many things there are to do. 🙂 By the way, I think your blog looks great. I haven’t watched the Survivor finale yet. I finally caught up with Grey’s Anatomy.

  7. Patricia Stoltey says

    May 19, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    No, Galen, I’m definitely not a poet. However, I still have all of the horrible stuff I wrote years and years ago. From time to time, I pull some of those poems out of a box and read them…when I need a good laugh.

    Patricia

  8. Galen Kindley says

    May 19, 2009 at 11:46 am

    Patricia, Do you have a poetry background…or is it just the telltale effect of a naturally gifted writer?

    You Wrote: “Brain fog makes for a very boring blog.” Isn’t that like, Iambic Pentameter?? Kinda clever…fogged or not.

    Best Galen,
    http://www.galenkindley.com

  9. Marvin D. Wilson says

    May 19, 2009 at 10:13 am

    Not to worry. Even the best bloggers get foggy bloggy brains from time to time. 🙂

  10. Jane Kennedy Sutton says

    May 19, 2009 at 9:22 am

    Actually, I think brain fog is something every blogger suffers from occasionally. Good for you for working through it and not giving in!

    Jane Kennedy Sutton
    http://janekennedysutton.blogspot.com/

  11. Karen Walker says

    May 19, 2009 at 8:30 am

    I so relate, Patricia. Hope you got a good night’s sleep last night!

    Karen Walker
    http://www.karenfollowingthewhispers.blogspot.com

  12. alexisgrant says

    May 19, 2009 at 7:42 am

    Even with brain fog, you’re writing your post ahead of time so you can schedule post it! I love that when I wake up, your blog (and there’s several other authors in the class too who work like this) already has a new entry that’s ready for me to read.

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I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. My most recent release, In Defense of Delia (Five Star/Cengage, November 2022), is available in hardcover and will soon be available in ebook and trade paperback. Read More…

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