Mitigating tension between friends in a business context is harder than I expected. But at least I expected it. The secretary to the CEO of Wounded Warrior called last week. Said we should expect a call from the CEO this week. Still waiting... A state senator offered to inaugurate our Veterans Day event. It wasn't supposed to be a full-fledged event, with things going on other than dental care, but it is now. I feel like I haven't been allowed to catch my breath in weeks. I keep going to bed earlier and earlier (down to 9:30PM now) and waking up at 6AM still exhausted. But at least I can watch the sun rise every morning. I'm exhausted.
About sleep... I don't know what your habits before sleeping are, but if in the last 2 hours before going to bed it involves any watching/reading on screens, it could influence your sleep negatively. For that I reccomend f.lux, try it out, it seems weird at first but could help. Next, how many hours do you sleep ? A normal sleep cycle is around 1.5 hours long. If this is interrupted, you will feel tired even though you have slept enough. The trick is to use that knowledge when setting up alarms/deciding when to go to sleep. Assuming it takes you half an hour to fall asleep, from what you mentioned above you sleep 8 hours. Try heading to sleep half an hour later and wake up at 6, getting 5 sleep cycles in, and see if that works better. Keep in mind, more is not always better. 9 hours of sleep seem to be unnecessary, 6/7.5 are ideal. I hope this helps, sleep well :)
I'm also a big advocate for turning down the temperature/turning on a fan when heading to bed. Humans are supposed to sleep better when our bodies are cooler - in the 60-67 degree range from what I've read. It does make getting up in the morning both harder and more bracing.
Can't explain the torture of last month when the temperature hung around the 100s. I have no a/c, and my house traps heat and humidity like you wouldn't believe. Two fans were barely enough to keep the sweat off me. I wouldn't be surprised if this played a big role in screwing up my sleeping. Thank fuck that heat is (hopefully) gone until 2015.
I have a pretty consistent schedule that involves no electronics past 9:00pm and a half hour to 1 hour of reading before I try to sleep. I used to use flux prior to this rule I set for myself. I will try adjusting my schedule toward 6 hours of total sleep. Thanks :)