Here’s a surprising little benefit for those who don’t like extended house guests: if you need your separate sleeping spaces to get your shut-eye, then you have an excuse not to have overnight guests. Or at least not those who stay for long. Many of our friends and family now know that we sleep in separate rooms, meaning that we don’t technically have a guest room. So if they’re looking for somewhere to crash for a week-long visit, they know to ask other friends or family before us. Some just book a hotel if they can afford it, rather than risk staying with us, putting us in one room together, and dealing with our grumpy, sleep-deprived *sses for the whole stay.
Consider getting two twin mattresses, and putting them side-by-side inside a queen frame. Between two mattresses and two blankets you will never disturb each other’s sleep. But you can still roll over and snuggle.
You may feel sluggish, even if you slept plenty, when you’re a night owl because you don’t get enough sunlight. So you’ll turn to more stimulants like coffee and energy drinks. You don’t have pique sunshine to keep you alert, so you turn to unhealthy alternatives.
We see naps as things to be fought off, overcome, ignored, powered through…But maybe we should see them differently.