@maikel
There are days when people achieve everything they set out to do? 😂

Seriously though, on the days I need it #modafinil is great for #alertness
Not every day as they're not cheap (where I am about $2 per pill). I learnt about it from a #MichaelMosley documentary about #sleep You need a #prescription for them though (where I am anyway). It's a #stimulant like #caffeine but without the side-effects, like #jitters
#drowsiness #tiredness #SleepApnea #ShiftWork #JetLag #awake

Here's a poem I wrote in the wee hours of the night on July 25th. Just had the worst time trying to go to bed. I hope you enjoy it.

https://poetsdream.blog/2021/08/08/echoes-in-the-night/

#echoes #tiresome #struggle #eyes #yawning #drowsiness #sleep #God #difficult #dark #feelings #tossandturn #brokenrecord #blog #writing #poetry #poems

A quotation from Augustine of Hippo:

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When on all sides you showed me that your words were true, and I was overcome by your truth, I had no answer whatsoever to make, but only those slow and drowsy words, “Right away. Yes, right away.” “Let me be for a little while.” But “Right away — right away” was never right now, and “Let me be for a little while” stretched out for a long time.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/augustine-of-hippo/61990/

#quote #quotes #quotation #drowsiness #sloth

A quotation from Thomas a Kempis:

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The pack of this world was a kind of pleasant weight upon me, as happens in sleep, and the thoughts in which I meditated on you were like the efforts of someone who tries to get up but is so overcome with drowsiness that he sinks back again into sleep. Of course no one wants to sleep forever, and everyone in his senses wou…
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/thomas-a-kempis/61761/

#quote #quotes #quotation #awakening #drowsiness #sleep