Sleep-related 101 List Things

I had a couple of sleep-related goals on my 101 list, and I completed both of them this week. They were to be in bed before midnight for a week and to get up right when my alarm goes off for a week.

These may not seem like a big deal, but for those who don't know, I'm a night owl. I definitely tend to stay up past midnight. And this leads to me not being much of a morning person, so I don't get up immediately. But it was a good idea to start my full-time job being more rested. And actually getting to bed at a semi-reasonable time (even though there were a few nights I slipped into bed just a bit before midnight) helped me to get up when my alarm went off. Amazing how that works. I should probably try to keep doing this. Sleep is important, and work has really been wearing me out... though I really have been enjoying my new job.

In other news, I decided to attempt to win NaNoWriMo. I wasn't going to tell anybody originally since I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to complete it and I hate feeling like I've failed or let people down. But apparently, though I'm great at keeping other people's secrets, I struggle to keep my own sometimes. Anyways, I decided to do NaNoWriMo, since in order to do it for my 101 list, I have to do it either this November or next November... and who knows what next November may bring. It hasn't been too hard so far, but I know it will likely get harder, since I don't exactly have much of a plan with it. I mean, I decided to do it on October 31, so I didn't have much of an outline going into it. And it's probably not the best idea to do NaNoWriMo right now, as I'm busy trying to learn a new job, make new friends, and learn a new area, but it's actually been kind of fun to let my creativity flow for a bit each day. We'll just have to see how it goes!