I haven’t been getting enough sleep. My body can feel it. My brain can feel it.

Last night, at a reasonable hour, I shut the lid of my laptop and got ready for bed. All projects: paused. No further progress.

But today, I’m still tired. How disappointing! I slept more than I’ve slept in a week. Where are the results?

And of course, I realize that one night of reasonable sleep does not make up for a week of poor sleep habits. It will take another night of correction, and another, and another. Maybe some other adjustments too.

We often reach for the quick fixes to problems that have developed over long periods of time. Sometimes a quick fix will work, but most of the time it takes repeated efforts.

Here’s wishing you luck in your own repetitions.