Since last November, I’ve been making some changes in my life—some pretty significant, others not so much. I’ve been trying to improve my lifestyle by breaking some bad habits, but I still can’t feel completely fulfilled with so much stress all around me. This year has been pretty strange in many ways, and everything we go through on a daily basis in this country doesn’t help me feel any better. Despite that, I’m grateful that I had the courage to leave behind some things that were hurting me much more.
It hasn't been easy, but I've achieved things I once thought impossible—for example, quitting smoking—but I've already told you about that many times. Today I want to focus on other things. Another achievement of mine is that I've regulated my sleep schedule… Although I’m a night owl who finds the world full of peace at night and in the early morning, that was something that was hurting me during the day—I felt like I had much less energy. I’d usually stay up late on weekends or on my son’s school days off. At first, I’d sleep until 6 or 7 a.m., then the time gradually got shorter; sometimes I’d go to bed at 3 a.m., and other times at 4 or 5. Going to bed so late made me very nervous because I could already see that dawn was breaking, and the anxiety of trying to fall asleep before the sun came up was horrible. Sometimes I didn’t sleep well and ended up resting for just an hour or, at most, four.
Now I’m going to bed a little earlier, although my goal is to fall asleep by 9 p.m.—but I’ve never managed to do it. The day goes by so fast, even though I get up early, and I feel like I don’t have enough time to get everything done in such a short time. By 9 p.m., I’m usually cleaning and cooking at home, so it’s been impossible to sleep at that hour. Lately, I fall asleep between 10:30 and 11:00 PM. Although it’s still hard for me to get up early—since getting up early has been one of the worst things that could happen to me my whole life, ha ha ha—after I’ve been awake for a while, I feel much more energetic than before. I mean, back when I used to go to bed late, I’d wake up feeling even sleepier, as if I hadn’t slept at all.
One of the goals I set for myself in December 2025 was to improve my diet, but it’s been IMPOSSIBLE with the hell we’re going through in my country. A normal diet is very expensive here; I can’t afford yogurt, fruit, or enough protein. It’s almost impossible to cut out flour and sugar because if I cut all that out, I’d have nothing to eat—there are very few vegetables and fruits I can afford to buy each week. I hope to eventually find a solution that will allow me to improve my diet because, honestly, I’m sick of always eating the same thing, and I feel like that will also give me even more energy for my day-to-day life.