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Having sleepless nights can be really frustrating. Like for instance, I’m already sleep, but my mind’s still roaming around. I need to change my sleeping pattern, but I can’t due to the nature of my work.
I started experiencing bouts of sleepless nights when I started working online. There were instances that I have to stay up late to finish several tasks. Then, this would occur every other day, then it became my daily routine. I had practiced several strategies to combat my insomnia but nothing really worked for me.
Some people would advised me to stop working so late. I already did that but did not work at all. I noticed that I can only sleep before 11 pm when I’m very tired and didn’t sleep well the night before. I also tried working during the morning, but I would still sleep very late at night. I guess my body adopted to the kind of working schedule that I have already. Drinking milk and multivitamins to make me sleepy are not really effective.
So, what do I need to do? I’m not really into taking sleeping pills. I’m afraid of that stuff. I’m afraid that I might get addicted. Are sleeping pills really necessary for my condition? I hope my insomnia would really go away. I’m losing weight and I can’t be productive during the day because of exhaustion.
I love listening to music. Music makes my day complete. It’s a form of therapy for me because it helps me relax and be happy.
I don’t have a specific genre of music that I really like. It depends on my mood for that particular day. There are time when I’m really down and depressed and I would really need some love tunes to reminisce about my relationship or anything that made me blue. But most of the time, I love to listen to uplifting, dance, or happy pop music. I like to sing so listening to pop music is really fun.
My fave tunes that are stored in my computer and iPod are Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield, Love Story by Taylor Swift, Thinking of You by Katy Perry, I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas, and Big Girls Don’t Cry by Fergie. I can listen to these tunes 24/7. I don’t know but, they really make me happy.
My daughter also loves listening to music. Maybe, it’s because when I was conceiving her and she was just a month old, I would just lie down and listen to music most of the time. She doesn’t like watching cartoons, but when she watches MTV she can’t be disturbed at all. She was really watching intently and would move her body once her favorite songs are being played. I think I influenced my daughter to become a music enthusiast at this early stage of her life She’s just an 11-month old baby, but she’s a music lover already.
My favorite songs are really my daily uppers despite my being tired, sad, or moody. They are just simple songs, but they definitely are part of my life.
Sitting in front of the computer for about 8-12 hours can pose hazard to one’s health. I can attest to this because I’m beginning to harvest the negative effects of working in front of the computer for a very long time.
I am in my early 30s, but I feel like I am already in my 50s or 60s. Some of the health implications of working too long and too hard in front of the computer are the actuality that my back hurts, my head throbs, my eyes complain, and my wrist also suffers from carpal tunnel syndrome. But, I guess that I don’t have a choice. It’s part of my job. I have to research and read for all the articles that I have to write. I have to use the computer for all my data entry tasks. It sometimes sucks to think about all the work and all the long hours of sitting and staring the computer monitor. But, I have to work in order to survive…I have to provide for my family, for my daughter.
Ever since I got my laptop, I became addicted to the internet. In my spare time, I just love to surf and read on new things. If there’s a new word that I can not understand, I simply can not just sit down and keep on ignoring that unfamiliar term. Maybe I am just an OC, but that’s the way I am. Internet is my life these days. If there’s a new recipe on T.V. that I want to cook for my family, i just google it. If I want to buy a new bag or clothes, I just search online to find about the latest trend for the current season and where to get them the cheapest way possible. It’s not only my bread and butter, but it’s also my channel to release and reduce my everyday stress in life.
With my sore back and strained wrist, I can not just stop working. Maybe I just need a new chair and a new table which are comfortable to avoid further injury. I am sometimes guilty of working while sitting down in our bed, and I must confess that it’s a bit awkward and torturing.I have a scoliosis, but I kept on forgetting that I have this condition. That I need to maintain a good posture and not indulge my back in any strenuous positions or activities.
I am not getting any younger anymore. I need to take care of my health because as they say, heath is wealth.