Wasn't sure whether I should post this into the blogspot thread, or here. I decided here coz it is health related, mental and physical.
My sleep pattern went sideways and I find it hard to restore it. I sleep 5-6 hours daily for a half year now which is nowhere enough to rest for me and then all day I'm drowsy and distracted. My mind wanders around constantly as if it wants to make up in draydreaming what it lose with the lack of dreaming. It really takes an effort to concentrate and my work suffers, my hobbies too, even my I feel my writings declined, and haven't put forward much for a while now. And tasks, works are getting amassed.
I go to sleep late or can fall asleep late despite I'm in bed, and this is worse because then I get anxious about not getting sleep and that keeps me awake...
I had similar 7-8 years back. Then I forced myself into the patter: go to sleep at 22, wake up at 6. I did this consistently and it solved the problem for years. Now I find it hard to do it again. Needs more discipline.
I have another protip for those who have similar problems, or just as a "life hack":
I have this rule not to worry about the issues of life after 20:00, but prepare myself for a rest in the evening. This ofc should be paired up with another rule: solve the issues of life before 20:00, actually make an effort to do them.
Although sometimes one can find solutions during sleep, or just after awakes. It happens I dream of them, I'm sure happens with others too, but many times I just grinding the same problem in my dreams again and again with no solution, which is worse than the worse nightmare - this is important for me to have a buffer between the day and sleep.