Sleep(less)

Tonight is the first night in awhile that I am having trouble sleeping. Hopefully after this I will be more tired.

So here I am writing about it. Needless to say, there seem to be a lot of things on my mind... and this seems to be a relatively pivotal point in my life (both this semester/next one or two years).

I used to really, really love sleeping. I remember when I was a freshman I slept absurd amounts, something like 8-10 hours a night plus sleeping in a good amount of my classes as well as taking naps during the days. I think deep down, we naturally really like to rest. To effectively, do nothing.

But I think this year is the first where I am consciously denying myself sleep. Where I go to sleep thinking, "only what's necessary to get through the next day," rather than something like, "until I feel completely rested."

Rather than praying for rest in God, I need to keep pushing myself to pray for perseverance and energy and strength. Not praying for less, but praying for the strength to be faithful to who and what God has placed in my life.

Press on.