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Why we sleep
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Original fictional learning scenario. People, dialogue and personal experiences are created for language practice.
I used to treat sleep as the empty space between useful activities. When a work project became demanding, that space was the first thing I reduced. I was proud of replying to messages after midnight, although I often reread the same paragraph several times the following afternoon. A colleague asked whether being available all the time was making me more effective or merely more visible. The question stayed with me.
I began keeping a diary of my schedule, including breaks and unfinished tasks, rather than counting only hours at my desk. The diary did not establish a scientific explanation for every good or bad day. It did reveal that I was praising a routine I did not enjoy and could not sustain. I stopped presenting exhaustion as proof of commitment. Understanding why sleep matters began, for me, with questioning what I called productive.
