When Sleep Becomes the Missing Piece

🧘‍♂️ Meditation Journey – Day 25: When Sleepiness Sneaks In

Hello and welcome once again to my meditation journey. It's officially Day 25 — and today’s experience? Well… it went kind of how I expected it to. Not much magic like yesterday, but that’s alright — not every day will come with a revelation. 🌤️

But here's something interesting I want to share. You know those days when your mind feels foggy, your body is dragging itself, and you can’t concentrate even though you’re sitting still and trying your best? Yeah, that was me today.

At first, I thought — “Why is this happening again?” But then I tried to look at the situation from a different angle. Sometimes, when we feel stuck, it's not because there's no solution… it's because we're not noticing it. Our eyes (or maybe our inner vision) just don’t catch it. So, what do we do? Do we just improve our eyesight? 👁️ Haha, just kidding!

But seriously — when faced with these dull moments, we always have two choices:
👉 Either we keep staring at the problem, or
👉 We shift and start searching for the solution.

In my case, the problem became very clear: sleepiness. 😴

For the past several days, I’ve felt consistently drowsy during meditation. At first, I brushed it off as something normal. But then yesterday, something was different — I didn’t feel sleepy at all. Why? Because I had a proper 7–8 hours of sleep instead of my usual 5–6 hours.

💡 That’s when it hit me: meditation quality is deeply connected to your sleep cycle. If your body isn’t rested, your mind won’t cooperate. Simple as that.

But here's the real twist — even though I now know the solution, applying it isn't that easy. Why? Because I’m currently training myself to wake up at 4 AM 🕓. And honestly, I don’t want to compromise that discipline and the small gains I’ve started building.

So what's the alternative?

Well, maybe I could sneak in a 30–60 minute nap during the day… or perhaps try going to bed as early as 8 PM. But these things, although they sound simple, become a bit more complicated when you’re living in a typical Indian middle-class family. 😅

You see, when your family notices you sleeping early or lying down in the middle of the day, they start to worry. They don’t know that you’re meditating, or that you’re secretly building something — a blog, a project, a journey. You're trying something new, following your curiosity, exploring paths that aren’t so “mainstream” or well understood.

You're unemployed, trying different things, not yet popular or successful, and above all, you're doing it silently, without explaining everything to your parents. In that silence, it starts feeling like you're hiding — and that creates suffocation. It builds a strange emotional pressure. 💭

And in those moments, it’s tough. You're torn between doing what lights you up and trying not to create worry or misunderstanding at home. You're stuck between self-discipline and the weight of expectations.

But even with all that, I’m not giving up. I’ll try different options. I’ll stay flexible. And if something doesn’t work, I’ll find a new way — one that fits this beautiful yet complicated journey I’m walking.

Because that’s what this journey is all about — awareness, adaptation, and moving forward. 🌱

So, until tomorrow —
Stay grounded. Stay curious.
Peace. ✌️
- S

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