Even if you dream of Hamlet

I spend plenty of time getting people to move.  Today, for different, I suggest sleep.  We don’t, in general, get enough of it and it is just as bad as not getting enough exercise.

We have some of the same excuses, too.  “There’s so much else to do!”  “It’s boring!”  “I don’t want to waste time.”  “It takes too long.”

Without sleep, we aren’t fit.  Sleep enables us to lose weight.  It helps us consolidate our memories.  It keeps us from being insane.  And, obviously, it makes us less tired.

I’m not suggesting we sleep through important things—but do we really need to watch that much television?  Facebook can live without us for eight hours at a time.  So can all those tempting video games.  It is worth losing a little sleep to have that great conversation with your spouse or kid or best buddy or to catch that amazing show or to squeeze in a workout before work, but let’s choose wisely what we are willing to trade our snoozing in on.

And no, napping in meetings doesn’t count.