This will start it because of a simple sentence that would come out of my mouth every single day.

I just feel so tired.

Now, anyone who has a full-time job in any sector would use these words at least once a week.

I mean, the only people who ever seem immune to this are your high-earning career people,

who I am sure are all on some form of upper if not straight up

cocaine or people who have graduated from tired to just plainly no longer giving a

damn. The latter are characterized by a simple, I'm fine.

All I know is that my mental and physical fatigue must be brought on by my inability to switch

off at night. I can point out several possible culprits to blame for this, the

anxiety of an overworked, underpaid career, my recent breakup with a girl I had been with for

the last three years. It could also just plainly be the fact that I am out of shape and tend to stress eat a truly vicious cycle.

Regardless of the reasons, at the end of the day I'm simply not getting the required eight hours of rest needed to keep a healthy lifestyle.

But come on, no one has time to sleep anymore.

Bills need paying, and that rich ass all above you doesn't give a

crap how tired you are. You are replaceable. I was able to function a three to

four hours of sleep in the past but for for the last week or two, it seems my body has set an automaton for itself.

Either I get a full eight hours of sleep, or I don't sleep at all.

This has begun to influence my ability to work,

as I would pretty much turn into a zombie, staring at a monitor.

Don't get me wrong, I still get some work done,

but it sure as hell isn't the amount expected of me.

Thankfully, my team manager was a friend and had known about my insomnia before I had even started

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