The body is designed to take the path of least resistance.
This is the foundation of procrastination, which we are all guilty of in one way or another.
A short story:
I was having very irregular sleeping patterns for about a month. No matter what time I retired to bed at night (09:00 pm, 10:00 pm or 11:00 pm), I was always waking up at 01:00 am, tossing and turning repeatedly, trying to go back to sleep. In most cases, sleep never found me till 04:00 am. By 04:00 am, going back to bed will leave me feeling more tired than if I just continued my day. This lack of sleep ultimately ensured that embraced every day with low energy.
Then I decided that whenever I wake up at 01:00 am, I will jump right into some work. On this occasion, I decided I will jump into completing my book. Instead of tossing and turning at 01:00 am, I would get up from bed and just start working.
From the day I made this decision, I have slept like a baby until between 04:00 am and 05:00 am.
On Day 1 of this observation, I thought it was a fluke and that I will return to my usual programming the next day, but it has been 1 week and I have been sleeping like a baby, every night. My body just decided that it would rather sleep longer than work on my book, which is quite a funny feedback.
My learning:
When faced with a decision that your body seems not willing to support, maybe it is wise to provide an alternative that presents a larger resistance.
– Osasu Oviawe