Are we sleeping enough?

I recently read “Why we sleep” by Matthew Walker, and it reminded me of how important sleep is, and how devastating sleeping just a little bit less than what we need can already be. As a mom of a toddler who still doesn’t sleep through the night, it’s difficult to prioritize sleep – but I’ve been making sleep more of a priority. Sleep now wins over working my split shift.

To know who else is “with me” on this, and makes sleep a top priority, I ran a poll (and as I mention in the wake below, I’ve started setting an alarm at night to go to bed – which is so far not always a success, but I’m working on it!):