To Dream or Not To Dream
A few weeks ago in one of my classes, I taught a newspaper article about ways to improve your sleep. One of the points suggested using white noise, like a fan, to help you sleep. Ceiling vents here are pretty common — you know, just like the vents you see in showers to keep the fog down, or in bathrooms to keep the poo smell down.
So for the past two weeks I’d been sleeping with my ceiling vent on — and let me tell you, it’s probably improved my dream retention 1000%. My dreams have been so vivid and so bizarre, and I’ve been able remember them throughout the next day. The problem was my sleeps were less refreshing. Probably because I had been running around in my sleep, diving off of exploding cruise ships, escaping US and Iranian submarines, punching sharks, getting tangled in jellyfish, padding in an escape raft to Canada and then trekking my way through the wilderness, battling grizzlies… And that was only one night! I’ve been having some serious adventures, but I’ve been so tired. Even my coworkers noticed.
Now I’m facing a dilemma. Keep my awesome dreams and remain tired throughout the day, or go back to ordinary, fading dreams in order to feel better throughout the day. I’m in a pinch… What would you do if you were me?
definitely keep the vent on and keep the dreams. A good dream is much more entertaining than a movie. Would you stay up late and consequentially lose some sleep to watch a movie? Well, if dreams are better than movies, then the answer is clear.
real life doesn’t matter anyways. dream on!
TAKE THE SLEEP!!!
I am a sleep junkie, so I’d do the better dreams once in a while, as a treat – much like that movie your wife doesn’t like that you watch when you lust for mindless slaughter and mutation cannot be contained any longer…
Ever notice how I always seem tired? I like to dream….
.. so my answer is obvious.