Useful Insomnia

I never thought I would say this, but, I think sleeping may be overrated. Some sleeping, yes. Does anyone really need 8 hours of sleep? For the last month or two, I have been averaging 4 to 5 hours a night. I haven't even approached my bed before 1 am since early May. My head has never been clearer - it's as if staying awake long enough gave my brain time to clean itself out. And then there is the issue of 6:18 am. Every morning I wake up and my room is filled with sunlight, which makes me think that it is obviously time to get up. Apparently my body is on a schedule that it hasn't consulted with me about, because this happens every day at 6:18am. I don't have to be anywhere until 9am! I fought it at first, the idea of rising with the sun. But then I realized that fighting it is futile. Now I get up, grab some books, and join all the other insomniacs at Caffeto that early in the morning. I keep thinking the lack of sleep is going to catch up with me, but for right now, it's making me feel more alive than I have in years. Why would you want to sleep when there is so much to do? Don't ask me where this optimisim is coming from - I haven't figured that one out yet.