One of my favourite authors, Sarah Vowell, wrote an essay on insomnia some years ago. I'm fond of that essay, partly because it is humourous. Now, partly because I can sympathize.
The question, of course, is, what should I do when I'm awake in the middle of the night? There are a multitude of things I could do with my time.
Sometimes I write. Or I knit. I read. Some times I have ended up doing the dishes and then tidying up the living room. The other night I organized the drawer-thing on my desk and emptied out a box of junk that needs sorting through (haven't finished sorting it yet). I thought about mounting my whiteboard on the wall, but activities involving nails and a hammer are usually best reserved for daytime hours.
I'm considering crawling into bed for now, in the hopes that I'll actually fall asleep. If I can't though, I might find myself cleaning the bathroom at 3 in the morning. We shall see.
About Me
- Anna
- I finally finished an MA in linguistics in 2013 and recently embarked on the messy adventure that is parenthood. I like to write about language, books, crafts, religion and lack thereof, gender and sexuality, and parenting. Find me on Ravelry as Winnifred17 and on Craftster as Winnifred.
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"Nothing feeds the center so much as creative work, even humble kinds like cooking and sewing."
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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