Tricking Your Body

I thought I might have found the best method for sleeping. A few blogs this morning testifies otherwise.

Sweden is blessed with light most hours of the day this time of year. Regardless of whether it’s sunny or cloudy, the illuminated sky resumes its bright dance at odd hours of the “night.” Yesterday, in efforts to sleep past 5am, I did everything imaginable to trick myself, a bit unknowingly too. See, it’s not the jetlag that wakes me but instead my body’s insistence that light is the cue for activity no mater what time of day. So Friday night before bed I put on an eye mask, I kept a blanket close and turned my back on the window (all of which are very large and numerous in this and most Swedish homes). I woke up early as I suspected and looking at my watch that read 5:37, I proceeded to wrap the extra blanket around my head and fall back into dream world. Somehow I did this exercise again and seeing the same time on the watch, forced myself back to sleep. It wasn’t until the next wakeful moment was accompanied with several voices and movement that I looked at my watch. 5:37pm *alarm. The real time was just past 10am on Saturday! I shot up like a bunny, a little frazzled, well rested, and hoping I hadn’t wasted the day away.

But that’s impossible…when it says day way past night.