Why I have to sleep more!

I am a fairly active writer and people often ask me how I do it. Part of the answer is that I've always had bad insomnia so I try to put it to use by writing or reading late at night rather than just laying in bed for hours until the sleep fairy knocks me over the head. However, since having viral meningitus last August I've found it easier to sleep at night as my energy levels around 1.00 a.m. are not what they used to be. But my good friend Scot McKnight has put me onto a Time Magazine article which suggests that if I don't sleep more, I'm going to have a heart attack one day. So I'm off to sleepy boboes!

Sleep is Overrated

Ever since being a teenager I've suffered insomnia, during my time in the Army we could get as little as ten hours sleep over 3-4 days, I've learnt (for the most part) to do without out it, and even now sleep often seems a necessary intrusion into all the things I'd like to do. But I'm glad to say that Julius Caesar agreed. Plutarch says that Caesar, "considered rest no more than an investment for future action".