Huge dilemma

"Tony Flanders" wrote in message
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Joseph Adams wrote in message
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Tonight is the first night with clear skies ... in weeks ...
Problem is, I have a huge meeting in the morning, should I:

1.) go out for a good long session, and suffer through the meeting
(could
change my career for the better)
2.) go out for a little, meaning only taking my 80mm ST refractor and
get a
half way decent night sleep(5 hours or so)
3.) go to bed now and hope tomorrow night is just as good
4.) say f**k it and go out all night like I should and call in sick in
the
morning (I mean I already have a good job, but a little more cash would
help
now and then)

It's a little hard to take this post at face value, but I'll do so anyway.

If it was me, I would probably do #2. But you have to put that in
context;
I can function very close to 100% efficiently on 5 hours of sleep. But
you have told us only half the story, and the less relevant half at that.

What is this meeting, and what does it mean to you? If the only thing
that makes it important to you about it is career advancement, I suggest
looking for a different job; life is too short to devote it to earning
money and spending money -- not if you have any choice whatsoever.

What will happen if you don't go to the meeting? Is somebody depending
on you? Will you contribute something of genuine value if you do go,
or will you just be a pretty face? How important is it for you to be
completely awake and alert? Those seem like the real questions.

- Tony Flanders
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life is too short to devote it to earning
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If you mean to say, life is too short to _exclusively_ devote to earning
money, I would agree. However, success in what you do in life is important,
and money, in many cases, is how you keep score. This is not to say that
money is more important than family or self, but it is that spice that makes
everything in life a little more palatable. I would rather have money than
not have money.

Al

Problem is, I have a huge meeting in the morning. I know a 21 year old
should be able to withstand the lack of sleep, but I put in 6 extra hours
today.

I thought the older you get, the less sleep you need? At 21 I
couldn't function well without eight hours. Now at 28, though I still
like having eight hours, I can do fine with six if I have my tea in
the morning.

Ritesh

"Axel" wrote in message
om...

Now at 28

Yikes!!!! Take my advice. . .don't buy green bananas ;o)

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Joseph Adams wrote in message ...
Tonight is the first night with clear skies and good seeing we have had here
in back woods Carroll county Maryland in weeks. The sky is clear, the stars
bright, and only 40some degrees with a high dew point.

Problem is, I have a huge meeting in the morning. I know a 21 year old
should be able to withstand the lack of sleep, but I put in 6 extra hours
today.

Should I...
1.) go out for a good long session, and suffer through the meeting (could
change my career for the better)
2.) go out for a little, meaning only taking my 80mm ST refractor and get a
half way decent night sleep(5 hours or so)
3.) go to bed now and hope tomorrow night is just as good
4.) say f**k it and go out all night like I should and call in sick in the
morning (I mean I already have a good job, but a little more cash would help
now and then)

No-brainer for us old fogeys: #3. It is easier to find another clear,
dry, cloudless night than it is to find another job--at least for me
anyway. (Although it's easy to lose perspective when last night was
the first time i saw a star in more than two weeks.)

Now 'scuse me while i notify my boss that i'm off to Antarctica... ;-)

Know all of you have had this same dilemma in the past....

Inevitable. Especially during Messier marathon season.


Clear skies!

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"Axel" wrote in message
om...
Problem is, I have a huge meeting in the morning. I know a 21 year old
should be able to withstand the lack of sleep, but I put in 6 extra
hours
today.

I thought the older you get, the less sleep you need? At 21 I
couldn't function well without eight hours. Now at 28, though I still
like having eight hours, I can do fine with six if I have my tea in
the morning.

At 44, I'm down to 5 is enough for a day of mental activity, and 4 is enough
to work all day in the yard. But I can't do either two days in a row.

I normally sleep 6 and 1/2 hours (01:00 to 07:30), and any deviation (plus
or minus) is made up on the next night. Although interestingly when I'm on a
"real" vacation I usually go for an hour and half afternoon nap. But then,
when I'm on a real vacation, it's just me, the wife, the ocean, a dual
occupancy room with matching double beds, good food, and a couple of daily
alcoholic beverages.....hmmmm, I need one of those vacations, right now. ;-)

-Stephen

I have this dilemma all the time, and every time it depends on all the
facts and circumstances.

So what did you end up doing?


Joseph Adams wrote in message ...
Tonight is the first night with clear skies and good seeing we have had here
in back woods Carroll county Maryland in weeks. The sky is clear, the stars
bright, and only 40some degrees with a high dew point.

Problem is, I have a huge meeting in the morning. I know a 21 year old
should be able to withstand the lack of sleep, but I put in 6 extra hours
today.

Should I...
1.) go out for a good long session, and suffer through the meeting (could
change my career for the better)
2.) go out for a little, meaning only taking my 80mm ST refractor and get a
half way decent night sleep(5 hours or so)
3.) go to bed now and hope tomorrow night is just as good
4.) say f**k it and go out all night like I should and call in sick in the
morning (I mean I already have a good job, but a little more cash would help
now and then)

Know all of you have had this same dilemma in the past....

On 11/18/03 6:48 PM, in article
, "Jeana"
wrote:

I have this dilemma all the time, and every time it depends on all the
facts and circumstances.

So what did you end up doing?


I ended up with number 2. The night was great. I just put my 80mmST in a
backpack and carried a 32mm, 15mm and a 2x Barlow in my pocket with the
mount strapped to my back. I walk up the hill behind my house to the
graveyard and stayed up there for about 2 hours or so, then back to bed. On
the other note my meeting went well and all is good.
Thanks for all the responses.