Sleep

Sleep has always been a subject that has deeply interested me. So much of ongoing research is focused on living organisms in their awake state and so little is focused on sleep. We spend roughly a third of our life asleep and yet we don't usually even stop to think about it. For most of us, it's just what we do when we're tired. Many theories abound for why we sleep but still to this day there is no central unifying theory. Some scientists think we sleep to give our body time to repair. Others think we sleep to dream. Regardless of why, one thing still remains--we all must sleep.

For my senior project in high school I chose to research the topic of lucid dreaming. For those of you unaware of what lucid dreaming is, it's basically being aware while you dream. It is a skill like any other and can be improved through constant effort and proper training. I have had moderate success learning to lucid dream but I lack the willpower to fully grasp the skill. Instead, I prefer to let my dreams take me wherever they may. I live every day of my awake life making decisions and I like that when I sleep, I no longer need to.