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holzman_tweedI'm getting older. Beats the fuck out of the alternative. It's obvious in a number of ways: my hair and beard have more grey, I have to worry about things like kidney stones[1], blood pressure, etc.
But the thing that has always been most obvious to me is my sleep requirements.
When I was 16, I could stay up 4 days straight if I didn't have to go to school. That's part of the secret of my success for reading as many books as I did that summer. In my early 20s, I'd take THE VOW[2] when Larping, or if I was too broke to afford a hotel room at a con. In my mid 20s, 48 hours became 24. It's become less and less.
Nowadays, I get tired pretty much daily. Coffee has less effect, but that could be a matter of building tolerance. Just sitting and working my noggin' for an RPG gets me nodding off. The marathon 12 or 24 hour tabletop sessions I used to think nothing of appear to now be a thing of the past. It's frustrating.
I've always known this sort of thing could happen -- how could it not? It's frustrating. But I already said that. It bears repeating.
Of course, age may be only one factor. How hard I work in the day may be a factor, or a million other things.
[1] The good news is that X-rays showed I have no more kidney stones sitting around. The bad news is that they happened to notice that I have gall stones waiting to happen. The good news is that gall stones can be vibrated into manageable bits.
[2] No food, no sleep, just THE GAME[3]
[3] OK, I could go no sleep, but I had to eat.
But the thing that has always been most obvious to me is my sleep requirements.
When I was 16, I could stay up 4 days straight if I didn't have to go to school. That's part of the secret of my success for reading as many books as I did that summer. In my early 20s, I'd take THE VOW[2] when Larping, or if I was too broke to afford a hotel room at a con. In my mid 20s, 48 hours became 24. It's become less and less.
Nowadays, I get tired pretty much daily. Coffee has less effect, but that could be a matter of building tolerance. Just sitting and working my noggin' for an RPG gets me nodding off. The marathon 12 or 24 hour tabletop sessions I used to think nothing of appear to now be a thing of the past. It's frustrating.
I've always known this sort of thing could happen -- how could it not? It's frustrating. But I already said that. It bears repeating.
Of course, age may be only one factor. How hard I work in the day may be a factor, or a million other things.
[1] The good news is that X-rays showed I have no more kidney stones sitting around. The bad news is that they happened to notice that I have gall stones waiting to happen. The good news is that gall stones can be vibrated into manageable bits.
[2] No food, no sleep, just THE GAME[3]
[3] OK, I could go no sleep, but I had to eat.
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Date: 2005-03-05 06:29 am (UTC)It's frustrating.
I know.
I know.
You learn.
I wish I could make it differ.