In my web wanderings I came across an interesting article about sleeping. Namely it was an extract about an Austrian report that found that sleeping with someone else makes you more tired the day after.  Well, duh!

Read the article here.

As someone who is often coaching younger professionals in the more fringe aspects of professional consulting, the topic of getting enough rest comes up often enough.  From advising them to curtail the drinking the night before a big presentation, to reminding them that showing up for a meeting still flushed from a morning run can also be bad for business.  The art of presenting a reliable, trustworthy, and professional image is certainly a mixed bag and everyone has their opinion.  Every situation and client is different, and the techniques and approaches to deal with them are varied.  One thing they all agree on is that being well-rested is certainly a key.

I led with that article sort of tongue-in-cheek, but in reality the points you can extrapolate from it are very real. You may be just fine sleeping with your partner, but are you taking the other time you need to recharge and focus on yourself?  For many people, their only down time is while they are sleeping.  If that time is interrupted, they'll naturally find themselves completely missing out on personal recoup altogether.

Remus, if you're reading this, I'm sure the gender of the person you sleep with isn't relevant, and besides the sleeping thing was just a teaser for my personal-time talking points anyway.

Finally we go to Kell's.^

After much deliberation and way to much discussion we seize on a great
idea of Miles and head to Kell's.

After @jwalking leads the way with shots as a starter, we find
ourselves sipping Bud Lights on the patio.

The security guard here is quite the d-bag. He has a humongous
attitude problem and a sense of humor warped by an extended power trip.

Right now I'm getting my bro-time on with @jraq and loving every
minute of it.

Perhaps I'll share more details of this raucus night in future posts.

After a decent (but not necessarily good) meal at the Rock Bottom, we
wandered around until it is now time to take our seats for the
performance.

The 5th Avenue is such a gorgeous theatre and I'm really looking
forward to the show.

On a whim I've purchased the Shrek ears and I'm wearing them to the
seeming delight if every adult I encounter. Of course, they could just
be laughing at how silly this is.

You be the judge.

Another test.^ with caret