Comments on: [Healthy Living] Is Sleep for Sissies? https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Tony Myles https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291844 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:14:28 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291844 In reply to Tyler Frank.

Appreciate your honesty, Tyler. I used to stay up late as a teen because it was when my parents weren’t arguing. It was the only time I had peace… and somehow that followed me into adulthood. Now as a dad I want to give my kids a better template/example, not to mention be healthy, too. Hope we both figure this out. 🙂

]]> By: Tyler Frank https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291843 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:00:38 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291843 I can hear my mom yelling, “Go to bed!” as a teenager and I can hear my mom yelling the same thing in my adult years. Funny how some things don’t change. That being said this article challenges me because this is my current circumstance: home sick with bronchitis because I didn’t take care of my body by going to bed earlier. Lack of sleep equals weak immune system. Going to bed at a decent hour has long been a struggle of mine. Not that I’m a night owl staying up till 2am but that I don’t listen to my body and hit the hay at 10:30 like I should. We are all wired differently so this article reinforces that I need to get better quality sleep. Which then means I need to prioritize my day better because I’m so “busy” (heavy on the finger quotes). I can hear Jesus say “Really?!” with a confused look on his face as I die prematurely from a disease caused by lack of sleep. Semi sarcastic but partly true.

Great, practical article that few talk about. Thank you.

]]> By: Tony Myles https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291842 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:53:16 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291842 In reply to Ivhan.

Woo-hoo! That’s the best kind of comment… from my mess, to His best. Blessings!

]]> By: Tony Myles https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291841 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:52:45 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291841 In reply to Susan.

It did, Susan. I am in the “okay” zone, but he did order some follow up stuff he wants me to do. Time for me to spend the next six weeks seeing what kinds of natural changes I can put into play to make sure nothing further is needed. May the toes that got stepped on via this article help us all to walk a little straighter.

]]> By: Tony Myles https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291840 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:51:19 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291840 In reply to Brandon Carter.

Thanks, Brandon. I’ve had many moments of conviction on this over the years… it felt like it was time to do something about it. Praying for you in this as well. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Tony Myles https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291839 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:50:25 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291839 In reply to Paul.

Ha! Great, Paul… try it even for seven days. Let me know how it goes.

]]> By: Tony Myles https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291838 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291838 In reply to Josh.

I hear that, Josh. As hard as I’ve tried over the years to become a morning person, I drift into late night activity faster and more easily. However, when I have been on my family’s schedule (sometimes lasting 2-6 weeks in a row) I do feel more connected with them. Conversation with my wife is less about catching up and more about processing life together in real-time. Glad you found something that’s working… may I humbly offer that we both remain on the lookout for something greater than functionality. Love your date idea as a possible on-ramp.

]]> By: Josh https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291837 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:44:58 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291837 Great article and comments! Self care, family care, and life care are so important. I think many of us feel that “well we are serving God, so it’s okay to sacrifice whatever necessary to serve God” when sometimes serving God, is being a faithful spouse, or parent or friend.

As a side note – I am blessed to be able to structure my hours to best suit me and my wife. I am a night owl by nature, I literally can’t fall asleep before midnight -i’ve tried and i just lay there staring at the ceiling. I am very productive between the hours of 11 and 1. So last night – I had a late night church meeting, but I scheduled a “Castle Date” with my wife. I got home, ate my dinner and then we put all our personal screens away so we could watch castle together. We both love the show. So we watched together. And then we used commerical breaks to fill each other on our days. it was wonderful! She then went to bed halfway through the news, and I followed in a little later.

For us, this system works. Will it need to change? of course! but for now, it lets me be faithful and productive to God and to my spouse!

]]> By: Paul https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291836 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:45:08 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291836 Thanks for allowing God to speak through you with this article. It is perfectly timed for me. Now it’s time to go enjoy a fake heart attack!

]]> By: Brandon Carter https://youthministry.com/healthy-living-how-much-sleep-are-you-getting/#comment-291835 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:34:24 +0000 http://www.morethandodgeball.com/?p=37896#comment-291835 Hoo boy, did this strike a chord. Thanks for writing this, Tony. Pretty challenging stuff.

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