OK – I know I am meant to be in off-line mode (see today’s other post below) but as I wean myself off the laptop (this was a hybrid day after all) a ‘happy holiday’ tweet from @jonmoss inspired this post as I waxed lyrical about the fact I had been horizontal for most of the day.  So hear is the post…

There are times when you cannot beat being horizontal – in this bodily orientation I get to do some of my favourite things:

  • Sleep
  • Lying on the couch listen to music / watching a movie on TV
  • Sunbathing with a book (normally under an umbrella)
  • Floating on a lilo in a pool
  • Lounging on the grass after a picnic

The best horizontal moment of the day is when you first get in bed (especially if the sheets are brand new), you get in position, nuzzle with the pillow and feel the day drain away as you drift into unconsciousness – perfect.

Thankfully for me sleep arrives very quickly and unless I have something pressing on my mind normally I go to sleep in under 60 seconds (normally less than 30).  My definition of insomnia is sleep that takes more than 2 minutes to come – if this happens there is something huge in mind and its best to get vertical again and get out of bed (horizontal and over processing a problem in bed is the only time that horizontal is not good).

I just thought that being dead involves a lot of being horizontal – so that is actually probably the worst type of horizontal and is generally best avoided.

There are lots of great things about being vertical – but being horizontal is definitely my favourite.

PS: I actually wrote this post while laying on the couch!

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