My most golden hours occur when I'm awake.
Sleep is an interruption, a result of caffeine deprivation.
At least since my teens, I've considered sleep a necessary evil. Must be genetic. My father would sit up reading mysteries as the household slept, but arise at the crack of dawn. My grand-daughter Mamie Katharine, judging by her behavior at nap time and bedtime, regards sleep as an unnecessary evil. My mind won't turn off until a couple of hours after my body has pooped out.