Screw sleeping.

For those of you in a different time zone, it's 5:00 in the morning here.


I've heard a lot of people say "I work the best while under pressure." I heard it a lot in high school and college; not so much since, but every so often some asshole pops up and tries to tell me it isn't true. I normally trust any scientific studies I read (which is probably a horrible thing to say, given how false stories like flu shot autism are), but whatever studies proving that people don't change the efficiency in their work habits when the pressure's on are very difficult for me to get behind. When I was in post-secondary trying to cram three dumb final projects into the same two week stretch - in between expensive escorts and daddy day care - I found that I absolutely did more work when the deadline began to creep up.

I've noticed a slight change in the way it works, though. "Pressure" has turned into "sleep deprivation." As well, "work the best" is now "only have motivation to do any work at all aside from breathing and shitting." Don't ask me why, but it's five in the fucking morning, here I am posting. I check Tumblr after two (but that's largely because it slows down and I like to be able to keep up with the dashboard). I wrote two scripts for videos, and even though I'm only really happy with one, neither of them would have been done at all if it were 3 in the afternoon.

Best part is, I don't have a job (YET), and in the meantime I can sleep in as late as I want, provided I don't have to carry out another hit because I owe that gross back alley dude a favour from that one thing he did for me that one time. I've heard that the display from television and laptop screens keeps people awake. If that's the case, I thank it, because my productivity would be cut in half if it weren't for willful insomnia.

Screw sleeping.