I’ve Turned My Phone’s Volume Down to Zero at Night

Here’s why

A phone, a human’s window to the world, also a time waster! Photo by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash

My phone went off at one o’clock this morning. Naturally, it woke me up.

It was my sister.

I let it ring out and waited to see if she’d ring back.

She didn’t, so I figured it wasn’t an emergency, and went back to bed before I was too wide awake.

I always check the time in Scotland before I ring her. Might suggest she do the same when I think about it.

But by then I was wide awake and so, for the next half hour, I tossed and turned, trying in vain to get back to sleep.

It wasn’t going to happen.

But then, yes, there is a sanity clause!

I remembered reading an article by Andy Murphy just the other day.

It’s all about the vagus nerve, well-utilised by animals and promoting longevity for many of them, yet not used so much by humans.

Andy says …

“When we’re stressed, our eyes dilate, which lets more light in, and they can flicker, and twitch, and move from side to side. This alerts the body, increases the heart rate and blood flow, speeds up the breath, and activates the sympathetic nervous system, which primes us for action.