I've never been one to sleep when the rest of the world sleeps. Yes, I'll get up early, so that I can make certain appointments. But, when I have no critical appointments, I will sleep as long as possible. In fact, when RQS comes over, she ends up syncing to my sleep pattern, instead of me syncing my sleep pattern to hers. Normally, this wouldn't concern me, but it has lasted way too long this time around.
My mom once told me that when I was very young, I would always be awake at night and would sleep during the day. As I grew up, this unusual pattern would always come back whenever I had no fixed daytime routine. When I entered the workforce, I was most successful when I could get into work later than the average person and leave later as well.
Now that I'm retired, this has become a liability, as I could easily sleep 16 hours a day if I wanted to. Being active is the best way to have a long life. Without the imposed need to be active, it's too easy to fall into the bad habits which would shorten my life.
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At the beginning of the pandemic, I was depressed due to losing two of the people who were most important in my life. On my days off from the census, I would occasionally go to various rail trails and walk two or three miles. I'm not as motivated to do this anymore. Yet, this would be the best thing to do.
Let's see what happens in the spring. I might just get back into walking again, and stay in sync with the rest of the world.
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