LOOKING FOR A JOB?
Then here's something very important to keep in mind:
"...of all the factors that helps determine the odds of getting a job, education remains the biggest single variable in a wide range of prospects for job seekers.  Friday's jobs report pegged the jobless rate for college graduates at 5.0 percent - compared to 17.9 percent for job seekers without a high school degree. For high school grads, the jobless rate stood at 11.9 percent; for those with some college or a two-year degree, the rate was 8.4 percent.  Prospects for unskilled workers in most fields will continue to diminish as employers work relentlessly to increase productivity by investing in technology. On the other hand, in some specialized fields like engineering, employers can't find enough qualified candidates to fill job openings.
The skills shortage has a number of causes - from immigration policies to the U.S. education system, according to Gautam Godhwani, CEO of Simply Hired, an online job search engine. But he said that unless that skills gap is addressed, the jobless rate for low-skilled American workers will remain stubbornly high.
"It's very clear that the U.S. is dramatically far behind in both math in science, which is the underpinning of the next generation of significant number of jobs across all industries as technology permeates all of them," he said. "We have a lot of work as a country to make that up."

Get that degree...education is a key.

AND GET PLENTY OF SLEEP
But too many of us aren't these days, according to the latest data:
"If you're not getting enough sleep and find yourself waking up tired on a daily basis, you're not alone. More than one-third of U.S. adults average less than 7 hours of sleep per night, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  That lack of sleep is causing problems during the daytime, CDC surveys found. In one survey, 38% of people said they'd unintentionally dozed off during the day at least once in the previous month. Even more alarming, 5% said they'd nodded off or had actually fallen asleep while driving.  "If you don't get enough sleep, it definitely impacts your functioning, your memory, response time. It definitely impacts your driving," says Lela McKnight-Eily, PhD, one of the authors of the report and an epidemiologist and clinical psychologist with the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Heath Promotion.  A second survey confirmed that too little sleep often leads to mental fuzziness. Nearly one-quarter of the people who reported getting less than 7 hours had difficulty concentrating during the day, and nearly one-fifth had trouble remembering things.
Sleeping less than 7 hours can interfere with everyday tasks, "lots of things you do every day and that you take for granted," says Anne Wheaton, a postdoctoral research fellow at the CDC who co-authored the report.  Although sleep needs vary from person to person, most adults require 7 to 9 hours to feel rested, according to National Sleep Foundation guidelines cited by the CDC.
But that sweet spot is harder to come by in this day and age. Between 1985 and 2009, the percentage of people who slept less than seven hours has shot up from 23% to 35%, a striking increase that the researchers say is due in part to workforce changes and new technology—such as the smartphones and laptops that keep us connected at all hours."

The issue of sleep can be an especially difficult one for some with Moebius Syndrome; some are affected by night terrors and other sleep issues.

"You must have been warned against letting the golden hours
slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we
let them slip." -James M. Barrie