Dreams of Tomorrow and Yesterday

[ceitfianna]

This week I've either been sleeping too little or too much and having vivid dreams. I want to try and not sleep as long since I know I'm losing much of the day, but its hard. I keep waking up at around 7 am and going I don't have to be up, then wake up near the middle of the day and still sleep so that I end up getting up at 2 pm. Now I can manage this as I don't have things I have to wake up for and with the horrible storms, it gets so dark, I have a hard time telling its daylight. This just isn't something I like doing. I'm not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination but I like having more of the day. At this point, I think the best solution is to force myself to wake up when its early and keep doing that. Part of why I think my sleep is so confused is that I'm trying to balance a lot of things and its hard to turn my thoughts off. So I'm not getting to bed and staying asleep instead I wake up and go back to sleep a few times.

Of late, I've been having variations on a recurring dream that I'm pretty sure is tied to my worries about work. In it are people from high school and it almost feels like I'm on a marching band trip. In the dream this morning, this person was asking me if I did my undergrad remote and I was confused. Then I realized that the woman I was talking to thought I was from New Zealand so clearly, I did long distance for my undergrad. It was strange and sort of nice and left me thinking about where I've been and where I want to go.

Today I signed up for an email called ineedalibrary job that I follow on Twitter so that I have jobs to pursue. I'm scared in terms of putting myself out there but there is a job for me and things are tough but I'm going to be a great librarian.

Comments

[yakalskovich]

Yes, it seems a time for vivid dreams. Today, I slept some more after my work related conference call, and had one of the most vivid and wistful dreams I can remember for a long time. Usually, I only ever dream about places. This time, I dreamed about real actual people.

[ceitfianna]

It really seems to be. A lot of people keep posting about them. I think waking up and going back to sleep as something to do with recalling your dreams more too.

[yakalskovich]

I don't know what it was in this case. Usually, I don't pay much attention to my dreams; but this one, I won't forget.

[ceitfianna]

I tend to pay attention to mine as my father's always been interested in them. He's a psychiatrist and finds what we see in our dreams fascinating and taught his patients lucid dreaming. So I try and remember my dreams when I can.