This I Believe

I believe in sleep. We all spend a great amount of our lives sleeping, but really, it's for a good cause. Sleep is probably the best thing we can do for our bodies to recover it from all the different kinds of activities we put it through each day. We all have something to do between periods of sleep whether it's going to school or work, playing sports, or even something as simple as eating. It's what keeps us energized and alert during daily activity, and what prevents us from losing focus and doing things lazily. I think we all know what it feels like to try to function during the day, having gotten minimal sleep the night before; it's not the greatest feeling. You're not able to focus on the task at hand, and the only thing on your mind is getting home, and going to bed.
During my life, I've definitely encountered way to many of these days, and I guess i really haven't learned my lesson yet. I guess it's a procrastination kind of thing. Like even when I don't have anything important to do at night, I stay up late sometimes doing pointless things that I forget about the next day. I think when I'm awake at night, I don't really ponder the next day, and realize how I'm going to feel and function doing things if I don't get enough sleep. I really pay the price of being deprived of sleep when I'm at school. It's really damaging to me because schoolwork becomes unimportant, I can't think straight sometimes, and socially, I become a bit more inactive. I also feel the effect of sleeplessness when I'm at a baseball practice or game. The thing about baseball is that it requires your undivided attention and focus, as well as hustle, so it's really difficult to play to your full potential when you're tired. So sometimes when I try to play when I'm tired, I make simple mistakes that I would otherwise not make had I got more sleep the night before. I want to be awake and energized during the day, so I guess I am learning little by little that if i get sleep now, I'll really appreciate it later.
As I go on in life, I know I will encounter many more important occurrences and events that will be important to me, and I can't be zoning out or showing sleeplessness. Things may have to go just right, and if i can't concentrate or do things to my full potential, I'll just be limiting myself to how far I can go in life. So the bottom line is sleep is more important than people think and it really can affect your life. So if you have the chance to, get to sleep early.


I'm still having trouble getting the voice recording off of my iPod. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas on what I can do?