Sleeplessness & Writing

I have suffered from insomnia since I was 15 years old.  I am now 41 and it has only gotten worse.  I used to be able to deal with the deprivation of sleep much better when I was younger.  Another one of the benefits of getting older...feeling like crap and resembling a zombie when you haven't had a decent nights sleep....yeah!

Not sure yet, but I think another side effect of sleeplessness maybe the migraines I have started to suffer with on a very frequent basis these days.  Like I said though, I'm not sure.  At the moment I am waiting to get an appointment with a Neurologist.

Tonight is like so many nights I have.  I am tired, unbelievably so, but I am awake.  It's like there may be a switch inside the brain that normal people turn off when they go to bed and I apparently do not have one of those.

So, what to do with a sleepless night?  Number one, I'm starting this blog.  Number two, I could read.  I love to read, but lately that activity triggers headaches.  Three, I could crochet, but like reading, that also triggers headaches.  It will not surprise me at all if writing/typing does the same.

I am a writer.  Have been my whole life...well, at least since I could read and write.  I've had a few poems and an article published, nothing I got paid for.  I would like to be a paid writer.  So, I have decided to use my sleeplessness to start really focusing on my writing, thus the blog.

Stay tuned....