Will Bridges

Yesterday I was working off of 3 hours of sleep after spending about 23 hours awake the day before helping a client in London get a website up and functioning. My friend Chris helped and then went to work at his full time job. Wow, how can you stay awake 48 hours! I definitely couldn’t work and be worth anything during most of that time. But, I guess everybody is different. I’m not very efficient if I only get 5 hours of sleep. Some people live off of 5 hours of sleep. I’ve read people who get a proper amount of sleep don’t age as quickly and tend to live longer. Personally, most times, I would rather get 7-8 hours of sleep and be late on a project but I’m pretty customer service oriented when it comes to work so I argue with myself to make sure things get done all the time. What’s really bad is I had a face-to-face business meeting on 3 hours of sleep yesterday. But, I preformed real well and I’m pretty sure I got the contract from that meeting. A good business meeting will give you a boost of adreniline when you have a family to feed, Christmas is coming up, and you are trying to save to move to Uruguay.

Anyways, I think the lesson is we all need more sleep. Nobody is as good as they would be if they got the proper amount of sleep. You are doing yourself a disservice and those who count on you a disservice by not getting the proper amount. However, in rare situations, sometimes you have to suck it up and do it. Just make sure you schedule the proper rest afterwards to make up for the tax you just imposed on your body and mind.