It appears that some people genetically need only 4 hours of sleep per night. Well, I am not one of them. I also don’t seem to be needing less sleep as I am getting older. Instead, I have come to appreciate how critically important sleep is for me. Looking back, many of my worst decisions, as well as my worst behavior, correlate with periods of insufficient sleep (or excessive jet lag for that matter). The particular effects of not sleeping enough for me areL I become short tempered and easil...

Last night I slept incredibly well. Why? Because my youngest son and I were sleeping on our sailboat (hence also no post this morning as we had breakfast together). The cabin is tiny, the cushions hard, the sleeping bags hot. Still slept like a baby (as did he). My theory is that was due to not having blinking crazy colored lights everywhere. At home, it seems that every device these days comes with one or more LEDs to announce its presence. Between a couple of laptops, some cell phones, some...

It appears that some people genetically need only 4 hours of sleep per night. Well, I am not one of them. I also don’t seem to be needing less sleep as I am getting older. Instead, I have come to appreciate how critically important sleep is for me. Looking back, many of my worst decisions, as well as my worst behavior, correlate with periods of insufficient sleep (or excessive jet lag for that matter). The particular effects of not sleeping enough for me areL I become short tempered and easil...

Last night I slept incredibly well. Why? Because my youngest son and I were sleeping on our sailboat (hence also no post this morning as we had breakfast together). The cabin is tiny, the cushions hard, the sleeping bags hot. Still slept like a baby (as did he). My theory is that was due to not having blinking crazy colored lights everywhere. At home, it seems that every device these days comes with one or more LEDs to announce its presence. Between a couple of laptops, some cell phones, some...