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You’ve become way too accustomed to sleeping when the sun rises and waking up when the sun sets.
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So your understanding of space and time has become really jumbled.
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You get too used to the fact you don't have to get up for anything in the morning.
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So a few days before you’re due back, you force yourself to fix your patterns.
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You try to pull and all-nighter...
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...but you get too tired and end up napping, which just fucks you up even more.
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So you experiment with extreme methods to fix this mess you've gotten yourself into.
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And you end up calculating all the sleep you will (or most likely won't) be getting.
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Then you question if eight hours of sleep is even a real possibility for you.
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So you set multiple alarms because you don't trust your sleepy ass.
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And you wake up on the first day back and struggle to find any motivation to leave your cocoon of warmth.
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Getting dressed and travelling to work becomes much harder as you're sleep-deprived.
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And you try to focus at work and soon realise that sufficient sleep is a necessary part of functioning.
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You struggle to stay awake during meetings and conversations and just can't wait until you get home.
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You get home and tell yourself you just need to make it to 9pm but end up napping as soon as you walk in the door.
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And then you wake up at 3am and can’t fall back asleep.
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You sit there contemplating life and all the mistakes and regrets that have brought you to this point.
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You end up just convincing yourself that you can function on four hours' sleep.
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But then you remember there's always caffeine and Red Bull to get you through it.
