Understandably by Bill Murphy Jr.

Understandably by Bill Murphy Jr.

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I am a night owl: happiest, most alert, most effective while working on projects at 2 am, when the rest of the world is fast asleep.

Only, it turns out, I’m also a morning person: creative and effective in the early dawn hours.

I realized this during the middle days of the pandemic, when I’d sometimes awaken at 4 am and be unable to get back to sleep.

I’d fire up the laptop, and next thing I knew, it would be 8 am. I’d have done a full day’s work without noticing the time.

Where I stink, however, is the middle of the day. I’m useless during the third-inning stretch, from, say, noon till 4 pm. Don’t ask me to get anything done; heck, don’t even ask me what my name is.

(Lockdown has been a boon for me in that way—I can sneak in a midday nap when my body demands it, without having to snooze in my car on my “lunch” break.)

Now, chances are, you might have noticed some changes in your own sleep patterns during the pandemic. Some people are unable to get to sleep; others are unable to stay as…

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