For me it&#x27;s all about stress.  Typically I can&#x27;t get myself to fall asleep before 1am.  Whenever I go to bed it just takes 1-2 hours to fall asleep.  I just can&#x27;t get my mind to shut off.  I struggle to get up at 9:30am and need coffee to be functional in the mornings.<p>If I go out on a long camping trip I&#x27;ll often not even bring a book.  This means that once the sun goes down there is basically nothing to do.  After a day or two I find myself easily falling asleep and sleeping through the night.  When I come back home, if I still haven&#x27;t begun to go back to work, it persists.  I can easily just go to bed at 11:00 and get up at 8:00.  It generally lasts until I go to work.<p>It&#x27;s the anxiety of needing to get things done and maintain my appearance to others and to myself that really seems to keep me up.  As I lie in bed there&#x27;s a part of me that says I should have accomplished more during the day and that I should be doing something &quot;productive&quot;.  I&#x27;m working hard on meditation, mindfulness and self-awareness to reduce the anxiety, but what works best is to really remove myself from the stressors and go to a place where I really just can&#x27;t <i>do</i> anything so my mind gives up.<p>I went camping near the end of December and had another week off for the new year.  It was great.  I was well slept and relaxed.  Now in my first week back to work I&#x27;ve already fallen back into less than 7 hours of sleep per night.<p>I guess I need to go camping again.