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*While ignoring your bad habits may initially help you feel good, that avoidance will eventually catch up to you. When you don't address the unproductive and unhealthy things you're doing alongside your good habits, you'll stagnate*.
***Amy Morin***


There is an unhealthy lifestyle I have been practicing and ignoring its negative effects for a long time now, which I am giving up this year, and that's **sleep deprivation**, all in the name of working hard to earn more. What a heck!
 
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It's very useless to make the whole money without a sound health to enjoy the money. You see, it doesn't add up at all. I was never the type to deprive myself of good sleep until it became irresistible last year when my family and I faced some financial challenges that kept lingering. I remember someone asking me if I sell everything saleable because I was always online marketing different items at a time. I was still actively on the hive doing my activities here, and you will still find me at home doing one chore or another, looking after the kids, from one guide to another. The list was endless, and all these things take much of my time.

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I had a very demanding daily target that kept me busy from 5 a.m. until late at midnight. Most times, I had only 3 to 4 hours of sleep in the night. I remember the day I had only an hour and 30 minutes of sleep at night, and waking up, I almost ran mad. I was going crazy and staggering while preparing my kids for school. The truth is that I know the importance of good sleep and the huge effects of sleep deprivation, but I choose to ignore all of that just to make more money and keep up with the economy while facing my family's financial challenge squarely. Most times, when I run around for my offline business activities, I will still be exploring hive on transit, like I didn't give myself a breathing space at all, and that's a bad habit, so bad healthy lifestyle, and funny enough, I didn't fall sick aside from the headache and body weakness I witnessed sometimes, but then, what if it affects me at the old age? I do not know, but I have promised myself to take things easy this year. Work at my pace, and pray for God's grace that with my little effort, I will achieve an extraordinary result.
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It's good to be hardworking, but it's not good enough when we neglect our health because we are pursuing wealth. Since this year, I have been sleeping quite early, unlike before, and I get up to 7 to 8 hours of sleep. Upon waking up, I feel better and stronger, and my brain works more effectively.


Nothing beats healthy living, and that entails good sleep vs. rest, which is a natural medicine. I have learned to say no to some work when the need be and pay more attention to my body system to avoid breaking down. I don't want to imagine the life of a mother like me breaking down and glaring at my home, seeing things to do but unable to do them. 


So henceforth, I am saying goodbye to sleep deprivation while I embrace quality sleep for a more healthy life.

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*This is my response to the #HiveLearners community contest on the topic titled* **Giving up One Thing**.



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