Nights 3 and 4

I didn't write about the exercise for Night 3. It was how to establish preferred bedtime and it was tedious.
Night 4 was about stimulants, their effect and how long it lasts. I don't drink coffee but we have little chocolates at work that are real killers. I never thought they could affect my sleep! The good thing about the book is that it is raising my awareness of bad habits I have and basically just making me aware of the impact of poor sleep on my waking hours.
My brother sent me a funny article in an online magazine called Maisonneuve http://www.maisonneuve.org/ (you have to subscribe though, but it's free). The article was titled Sleeping's for suckers and it chronicled one man's battle against sleep. He wanted to sleep for 3 hours a day and nap briefly twice. Says da Vinci did it and spent the remaining time being a genius. It didn't work for him. He became increasingly stupid for lack of sleep. Hmmm - gotta be careful.