I’ve found my sleep schedule here to be more like it was when I was a kid, it’s weird. In a way I’d say it’s similar to campoing.
When I go camping I go to bed earlier than when I’m home. So much fewer distractions: No TV; computer; smartphone, artificial lights, etc. I can only imagine that’s what it was like before the modern tech age.
That’s what it’s like here. Yes, there’s artificial lights and a TV, limited movies and some console games (X-Box that I don’t play), but I can’t just do what I want and with no internet or phone, why stay up late unless to journal…?
I’m trying to get more sleep, which hasn’t really happen but my sleep schedule is so different here.
I’m usually up and awake about five o’clock in the morning, work on my treatment plan, journal, etc. until breakfast and then the five groups, about an hour in-between each group with lunch and dinner mixed in.
The last group ends at eight o’clock and I take my night meds. Sometimes I stay in the common area and play some games with the others. But usually I go to my room, pray and journal and go to sleep.
I do find it strange how more “normal” I feel without all the tech and distractions of modern life. It’s nice feeling rested and not hung-over or going through withdrawals.