In this week’s Sleep Diaries, a 32-year-old woman admits she’s feeling the pressure of working two jobs.

A little about me:

Age: 32
Occupation: Remote Service Co-Ordinator / Bartender
Number of hours sleep I get each night: 7
Number of hours sleep I wish I got each night: 8
Any officially diagnosed sleep-related problems: No
How much water I drink on average per day: 2,500ml minimum/
How much exercise I do on average per week: 3 days a week, plus walks.

Day 1

My alarm goes off at 5:50am, but I keep hitting snooze until about 6:20am. When I finally wake up, I turn on my laptop in the office and then head into the shower.

Today is a rest day from my workout plan and I still have some food left over from the weekend so I have that for breakfast, make my coffee and start my day. Well, I officially start at 8am but was logged on and doing stuff at work from about 7:45am, so… yeah.

I try to have a better lunch of pasta to get my carb intake up, and drink some water (I always aim to have a minimum of three pints of water drunk before I finish work). Today is very stressful day, and I miss parts of my final break due to I.T. outages within the company.

I finish work at 4pm and go out for a walk to try and reduce my stress levels. I swing by the the local shop to pick up stuff for dinner, and make burgers at around 7pm.

It’s a ‘rest day’ for me, so I don’t have to workout. Instead, I go upstairs to bed around 9pm, stay up for a bit playing videogames until about 9:30pm, and then finally put my head on the pillow. I’m pretty quick to fall asleep, but suddenly start myself awake at about 1030pm. Maybe it’s the wind? Thankfully, I nod off again pretty quickly.

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