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It Is Impossible To Sleep On A Bus

I've tried and failed.

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It Is Impossible To Sleep On A Bus
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Let’s face it.

Bus rides are typically terrible for productivity, but they’re especially horrible for sleeping.

Despite knowing this, I typically — at least in all of my recent long bus rides — find myself extremely tired, and I always find myself claiming that I will just “sleep on the bus.”

Does this happen?

No.

First of all, it’s extremely difficult to get comfortable on buses.


You move from laying back on one seat, to spreading yourself out over two seats, to curling up in a ball on the second seat, to leaning against the window, all of the way back to the beginning and through the cycle again. Each of these positions last for a maximum resting time of fifteen minutes — and that’s if you’re lucky.

If by some miracle you manage to get comfortable, it doesn’t last long.

Imagine it: finally laying back against the seat and closing your eyes, knowing that sleep is so close, but then…


Time to start getting comfortable again.

Let’s say that by some act of a higher power you are able to make it past getting comfortable and you’re driving on smooth roads (if you find them, let me know), there’s still one issue — you’re not the only one on the bus and this is inevitable:


Whether it’s a cranky child that just woke up from their nap or your best friend purposefully trying to annoy you, it is bound to happen and you will wake up and be subjected to the cycle — again.

If you are able to surpass all of these and get a substantial amount of sleep on a bus ride, congratulations. You’re either a) a super heavy sleeper or b) a bear in hibernation.


I’m jealous of either.

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