How’s your sleep pattern recently? A lot of people are discovering new rhythms or developing new habits since this pandemic began. If you’ve lived through a lockdown in your country then it’s highly likely your work life and social life norms have been enormously disrupted. How has yours changed?
Maybe you’re waking up and/or getting up at a completely different time and, if so, you’re probably finding your bedtime has changed too. What’s interesting about this is that it could well be that your body has eased itself into its natural diurnal rhythm.
So what? you might ask. Well I think we can learn a lot about ourselves by paying attention…..paying attention to our bodies and what they are telling us.
One thing that might have become clear is how much sleep you actually need. That’s something you can take forward because even when life opens up and your need to be out of the house at a particular time returns you now know when you should head to bed each night.
Another thing that might have become clear is when your “best” times are….are you more a “morning person” or a “night owl”? Knowing that helps you to decide when to do certain tasks (up to a point!)
A lot of people are finding that this period of stepping out from their norms and from their externally imposed tasks and schedules is leading them to reconsider a lot of aspects of life. Some people are thinking about moving, hoping never to be trapped in an inner city flat with no outside space again. But that’s tied up in work, income, schools or all sorts of other aspects of life.
How about you? What new life patterns have emerged for you, or old life patterns been rediscovered?
What are you reassessing, and, importantly, what are you going to do about that?
There will be no “return to normal” so what changes would you like to make?
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