# Chapter 245

It is raining outside this morning and the this is wonderful for the grass and for sleeping. I looked at the clock at 5:00 am thinking would be soon time to get up and the next thing I know its almost 6:30 And Brenda is getting into the shower! That extra one and half hours of sleep is priceless! And rainy sunday mornings are the best time to indulge!

Indulging on sleep is something we need more and more not less and less. All these people talking about older people needing less sleep, not this older man, not yet. As I have been stating and writing in the last few days, sleep changes everything! It supercharges every aspect of life and makes everything run better and smoother.

But more sleep isn’t necessary better sleep. I am committed to getting both better quality and quantity. You can stay in the bed all night and day long, and that doesn’t mean you are getting any decent sleep. My target is 8-9 hours of high caliber sleep. And I get that 12 out of 14 nights and the difference it makes is astonishing. What is even more telling is how I struggle when I don’t get it. That really lets you know how important this event is each day! And medical officials have understood this for a while now, writing articles about how lack of sleep is equivalent to having alcohol in your bloodstream, especially when you are driving a car and need all your synapses firing in the right order! Thus all these messages about don’t drive under the influence and don’t drive tired!

I made the right choice - I rolled over and got another hour and a half of sleep.