What is "Sleep" and Why do we Need More of it?

In the normal world they say we need 6-8 hours of sleep in order to live a healthy lifestyle, but for Night Crawlers the term sleep is used anytime someone is doing something that isn't productive. It applies to anyone, at any stage of success. If a person isn't doing anything to improve their circumstances or the circumstances of others, then they are sleeping. Here's how the story goes...a person has a dream, an ultimate career that they spend most of their lives trying to achieve. Once they get there they think "finally a chance to sit back and relax and do nothing but sustain myself", and they get comfortable doing just that. There is no shame in sleeping because they feel like they deserve it, and people tell them that they deserve it, and they think they're right. However, a few moments after they stop working towards a goal they start to lose passion, and pretty soon they become complacent. Complacency is never a good place to be because sooner or later you stop learning how to grow and thrive, and you merely survive.

The big question now is why? Why must we get like this at every stage of success? Turn on the tv and what do you see? There are 13 commercials in an hour telling us (literally and subliminally) that its ok to be lazy, take a shortcut, or not do anything at all. So is the world purposely sending messages that its ok to "sleep"

and get complacent just so someone else can get ahead? Take the commercial for the new product "Forever Lazy" for example. It's basically a fleece onesie that someone can put on and lounge around in without being inconvenienced by a cumbersome blanket. The commercial shows frame after frame of people laying around, watching tv, or talking on the phone. On the other hand, they do make a measly mention of doing homework, but honestly the thing is probably so comfortable that your child may fall asleep before they can even get to their third math problem. Its all about relaxation and enjoying yourself, and there is nothing wrong with that when done in moderation. Consequently, sitting around all day watching tv in an over-sized jumpsuit isn't helping you, and it isn't helping anyone else except the people manufacturing the product.

Take this into your own hands. Go against what the Jones' are doing and strive to do something positive every single day of your life. Do something (other than going to your normal job) that would be considered productive. You can do as much as write a business plan and get business cards made, or you can do something simple, but still impactful, like start exercising or do community service. That being said, don't think that its ok to never chill and take a break. That's how we keep our sanity, so it's ok to rest but not to sleep. If you lose sleep doing what you love, you will eventually live the dream that you only would have dreamt...Sleep is 4 Suckers!

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