1) Don’t get lured into exploitative direct marketing or pyramid schemes. I recently was invited to an Arbonne event by someone. Arbonne is a “natural” beauty company sold through representatives in the vein of Mary Kay or Avon. At first, I thought this person was just asking me for a friendly drink. Then it turned into: watch these chicks get Mercedes for selling skincare. Despite the aggressive tactics, it is almost impossible to make any money with the slim profit margins in these shady ventures. If they ask you for money up front, back away.
2) Why waste energy on enterprises that don’t value what you have to offer? As you well know, life is short. You can waste yours lining unworthy pockets or you can refuse to settle for anything less than a fulfilling use of your time, talent, and resources. 
3) Please don’t resort to performing sexual favors; depleting your plasma; permanently moving back in with your parents; signing up for a reality show; sacrificing your pride and dignity, or staying on at a job you truly loathe. 
After 27 days of sleep deprivation, I’m totally exhausted and annihilated. This got me wondering how long it will take me to catch up and recover. The most recent studies suggest that sleep debt can’t be repaid in one or two nights of longer snoozes. 
The average American gets 6.9 hours of sleep. Subjects restricted to 7 hours of sleep had slower response times during cognitive testing. Those restricted to 6 hours of sleep performed so poorly after several days of limited sleep they actually fell into micro sleeps during simple ten minute cognitive tests. 
Folks performed consistently well on tests with 8-9 hours of sleep, though I feel best with a luxurious full ten. This is one of the main reasons I’m not interested in children. Children steal sleep. 
With my cognitive capabilities greatly diminished by the chronic sleep deprivation, this math may be be wrong. By my calculations, I have 108 hours of sleep to recover. How much sleep do you owe yourself? Are folks bitchy or just tired? 
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