Insomnia
I’ve been having a horrible bout with insomnia. At least I thought it was horrible, until I started to read the Washington Post. In yesterday’s post (6 Mar 07; I’m never sure if it’s today or yesterday, what with the time zone difference and all), there was a story in the health section extolling the virtues of insomnia. What a strange coincidence.
In the Post article, the author suggests that, for some people, the battle against sleep (see Vladimir Nabokov) is a virtue, a time when they are most creative. The author cites to a number of famous people to support his claim: W.C. Fields, Groucho Marx, Marlene Dietrich, Alexandre Dumas, Franz Kafka, Teddy Roosevelt, and Mark Twain. I noticed that there are no lawyers on this list…
Whatever its value, insomnia is a bizarre phenomenon. I’m just hoping to get a couple hours sleep before I go to class. I think I also need to find ways to be more productive during these periods instead of wasting my time trying to go back to sleep.
