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Working in My Sleep
Last week I
heard a young man say that he wished there 26 hours in a day. That way, he said he could get
more work done.
I smiled and
gave the young man a look of wisdom. I stared at him until he felt
uncomfortable and then I asked a question; “Do you know why there are 24 hours
in a day?”
He said he
didn’t and so I made my move; “There are
24 hours in a day because if there were any more, all of the type A people would
kill themselves.”
He laughed
and thanked me and we went our separate ways and I felt that I had earned
another day’s membership to AARP.
Most hard working people stay up way
too late, but I like to go to bed early. I’ve written about my love for working
in the early morning hours, but now I’d like to share an even richer secret; I
work in my sleep.
I know it
sounds crazy, but some of the best things we have, we utilize, and enjoy were
created from someone’s dreams.
You’ve got
work to do, so I’ll just get to it.
Tonight
before going to sleep write down something you’d like to work out. It can be a
project, a relationship or even a question you have about your own past.
Carl Jung said that dreams were a
completion of the day’s activities, and my mama said in your dreams you can
have whatever you want.
Keep paper
and pen near you and when you wake up, start writing. Don’t even open your
eyes; just write.
There is a
space between sleep and awake where we actually begin to forget the things we did
in our subconscious. I find that by keeping my eyes closed when I start to
write, I am still able to hold on to the thought.
Everyone dreams,
but most of the time, we don’t remember the dream.
When you
feel that you can recall what you dream, open your eyes and write down the
impressions you got.
Whenever I’m
working on a project and I need an outline, or blueprint, I take my work to
sleep.
Sounds crazy
I know; I learned it from Einstein.
Here’s a
link to my TEDx presentation and something else I picked up from imagination
and dream-work. Enjoy. The Space Between Life and Laughter
Be you, be well, be
dreaming
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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