She wanted to wake up earlier to get more done during her day, just had no idea how. So she took it one morning at a time, getting out of bed one hour earlier than the day before it. First at seven o'clock. Then at six. Five. Four. And so on.
The only thing was she didn't go to bed any earlier, so she was getting less and less sleep. It wasn't long before she didn't need sleep at all, just stayed up all day and all night, never closing her eyes for an instant.
She died two weeks later.
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