How tired do you say you are?

Something I’m wondering about – when you are feeling physically exhausted – how much of that is what you say to yourself?

If I stop saying “I’m tired” and “I’m exhausted”, how much of an impact will that have on my experience, and thus my behavior, and how much of that new behavior will actually make me feel less tired?

Or will I just run myself ragged until my body collapses?

Getting enough sleep seems to be really hard for us right now…. But maybe that too is just because of how this situation occurs. It’s 10pm and I’m writing a post instead of going to bed. Because why?