If I never had to sleep, this is what I would do

The biggest problem in my life is that I have to carve out time to sleep.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy sleeping. But honestly, sleep gets in the way of everything I want to do. I'm forever changing my exercise routine/life plan because I have limited time in the morning and therefore have to make compromises, and I can't decide sometimes which activities are worth keeping and which can be jettisoned.

But if you gave me a pill that made it so I didn't have to sleep, I'm pretty sure a typical night would go like this for me:

10:30 p.m. - Say good night to Terry because I won't give her any of my "No Sleep" pills, and therefore she has to go to bed. Besides, I think she likes sleeping too much to give it up.

10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. - I would watch a new movie or TV program every night. There are thousands of movies and TV shows on which I would love to catch up. Some are old, some are new. I'm assuming here I would never exhaust the available supply of new entertainment and that I wouldn't get bored of it.

12:30 a.m.-1:30 a.m. - Read for an hour. Anything, really. Just read. I never get to read. I love to read. I've loved to read since I was four years old.

1:30 a.m.-2:00 a.m. - Since I'm already doing the reading thing, I would get my daily Bible reading in here. I've been trying to get through the Bible start to finish this year for the first time since 2000, so I would set aside these 30 minutes to get my Bible on.

2:00-3:30 a.m. - Run 10 miles. I would do this every night if I could. Of course I would have to build back up to this level of stamina, but I love running in the dark and in the quiet. Running 70 miles a week takes a toll on the joints, though, so I might turn this into a walk sometimes...

3:30 a.m.-4:00 a.m. - After my run I would meditate for a half hour. Or maybe do tai chi or something.

4:00 a.m.-4:30 a.m. - Shower and dress.

4:30 a.m.-5:30 a.m. - I would read the Cleveland Plain Dealer, New York Times and Wall Street Journal back to back to back. I so wish I had more time for something beyond a cursory reading of the paper every day.

5:30 a.m.-5:45 a.m. - Feed the cats and clean their litter boxes. This is a chore that never goes away.

5:45 a.m.-6:30 a.m. - Listen to music. It might be a symphony, some bebop jazz, a succession of 80s tunes, an entire album from a favorite artist, whatever. Just listen to music and absorb it. That would be fun.

6:30 a.m.-7:00 a.m. - Eat breakfast and greet my poor family, who by this point will have wasted the whole night sleeping.

7:00 a.m. - Leave for work.

I'm telling you, that would be a series of awesome nights...