I have a confession to make. I love to sleep. I need my sleep. I cannot function without enough sleep. But the problem is, i also have difficulty waking up early. For as long as i know i had been this way.

Although i was quite amazed that during my secondary years, morning session school. Managed to wake up at 5.45 am and be ready by 6.20 to catch the feeder bus. But of course i will sleep in the bus at any opportunity, meaning i must get a seat everytime. I feel the day had already gone wrong if i didnt get my journey nap. of course, taking any chances at school to just close my eyes. erkk…

Same thing when i got a job as a kindergarten assistant teacher.

And when i went to university. I try to avoid morning classes or if there were no other choice for a specific subject, well, i make sure i dont have classes till late afternoon because i would want to go back to my mahallah as early possible to get a noon nap.

Please understand that throughout this sleeping ordeal, it means i will wake up for subuh prayer and then i will go back to sleep for sure.

That’s where the problem is. It is not good to sleep after subuh prayer and i just cant help it. And for the longest time i succumbed to it.

I tried to change. I did. Its either by sleeping in early, i tried to stay awake after subuh either by reading the quran, the ma’tsurat or reading other books. But then i cant function because my brain believed i was deprived of sleep. And these acts ceased to be habits.

And then…i stumbled on productive muslim website. I enjoyed reading the articles, their infographics, the short entertaining videos with a message and i even joined in one their web seminar. Bit by bit, i tried to put in their tips to my life. And as you might have noticed from my recent posts, i am trying to make life more productive and enjoyable.

And as fate has it, abu productive was invited to give talks in singapore and i had the chance to attend them. Out of all the points which was shared, one really struck me. They suggested sleepyti.me to check what is our sleep cycle, the right time to sleep and the right time to wake up. Its like a revelation to me! Hehe.

A person will have a unique sleep cycle, and need about 3-4 cycles per night for a good rest. You are supposed to be able to wake up refreshed with the right timing.

So now i am regularly checking my sleep cycle. Trying to understand my sleeping time. But alas, its been difficult and haywired these days because i will be sleeping say at 10.30 and my first sleep cycle will end at abt 12.30, i will really be awakened but then i will have to force myself back to sleep because i dont function with 2 hrs of sleep. No. but these nights, i will be waking up at odd hours! I will be observing my self throughout the day and see how my body and brain work with a certain amount of sleep.

I didnt know it is not that simple. Of course, to develop a new sleeping habit will take time. I am determined.

So your sleepy beauty here wants to make a change. I pray that i can stay motivated and achieved my goal of waking up earlier than subuh, get to prepare breakfast for my husband and stay awake till my night bedtime.
(but heh, a 15 min power nap if i am desperate during lunch)…

Till the next post!