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I wake up when I spend time with my cousins in Birmingham. I start paying attention. I notice things I wouldn't normally. When I am at home, I go into cruise control. This is not because I am worried that something bad will happen in Birmingham. It's the simple fact that, I am constantly doing something. When I am at home, or school. I will mostly sit around and do nothing. This leads to me spending many wasted hours sat around, watching TV I have downloaded using my uTorrent webUI I also think I received more sleep when I was at my cousins. Which allowed me to fully pay attention, this combined with my earlier point put me in a kind of "Intellectual High" if you like. I wish I found it easier to return to this state right now. But I struggle sleep when I go to bed at 9, I usually don't sleep until around 12-2AM. Meaning I receive between 5-7 Hours sleep.

This is exactly what I am talking about. I forgot about television because I don't watch it. I will watch movies and series on dvd, but each viewing is an act of my will. I pause them and look things up on the net about whatever I'm watching. I don't let myself zone out.

Sometimes you need to zone out, but if you do it too much, the next time you look up, 10 years will have past.

The only time I could call myself awake as such is when I'm on a bike ride, as all of the time I need to have my wits about me, especially on the A19, the main road between Newcastle and Selby (think 40 ton articulated vehicles passing you with 3ft of space between you and them), though even on the back roads you awaken to some beautiful sights.

I guess this is why I love cycling so much

I think outdoors and nature is easier to remain awake in. But if it is something especially pleasant, the time will get by you(time flies when you are having fun), but you can counteract that effect by every once in a while acknowledging to yourself how enjoyable it is. The creates a memory imprint each time and it seems to have the effect of drawing it out.

Lulling out by fun and by boredom, both have the effect of hyperchronism, which I find abhorrent.

Who's living your life if you aren't?