Wednesday - Thursday 17-18/1/2018

My intention to at least stay in bed until 0600 was thwarted around 04:45 by a raging urine boner, thirst and an overwhelming craving for tea. One wee and a cuppa later and I felt much better. Though I lost an hour, the pattern was my usual - sleeping well in the first half of the night then cycling frequently between waking and sleeping in the second half, with overall sleep efficiency at 80%.

 My ideal would be 8 hours fully asleep and a sleep efficiency of 100%, but I have set myself a more realistic target of a minimum 6 hours asleep and sleep efficiency of 90%, which I will achieve by research, and trial-and-error.

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