19th January 2008
Apathy
Apathy, boredom, indifference, lethargy, procrastinating, or less eloquently put, doing f*** all: a disease that has overwhelmed much of society. How many people get out of bed in the morning and think: “yes, finally, another day of work/school”? How many people come back from work/school feeling happy and full of energy? I’m sure the majority of us wake up and think “crap, is my sleep over already?”, and come back from our daily routine feeling drained of energy and annoyed with everything that has contributed to a thoroughly rotten day.
Me, I’m nocturnal. I like going to bed in the early hours of the morning and waking up in the afternoon. Therefore, when I’ve gone to bed at 12am (I usually can’t sleep before then) and my alarm rudely awakens me at 7am, I’m not best pleased. I roll out of bed, get dressed, eat breakfast, brush my teeth and stumble out of the house at 8 for a nice 45 minute walk to school beside choking car fumes, wind and sometimes rain. I spend my morning lessons yawning and sitting with my head in my arms on my desk. By the afternoon I’m seriously tired and I want to sleep there and then. I practically sleepwalk my way home and collapse in a heap on my bed, exhausted. I only actually have energy after about 6pm, and then I can’t sleep until midnight, so thus the cycle continues. I don’t know whether I’ve managed to screw my sleep pattern up, I drink too much caffeine or I have some kind of chronic fatigue disorder, but I want it to stop, now. I’ve actually reached the point where I think I’m going to pass out from overworking myself during something as simple as walking.
So, do you ever get too tired to cope?
