700 cranes -- and counting

I've now folded 700 paper cranes. Hard to believe. The goal of 1,000 is slowly coming into view on the horizon. At my rate of 10 cranes per day, I am only 30 days away from senbazuru. About a week into the New Year.

Even this far along, I still struggle. The last two days, I have felt intermittently crabby -- no huge temper outbursts but snappish and surly. I've fallen back into my old habits of staying up too late, so this is caused by lack of sleep, I'm pretty sure. Earl(ier) to bed tonight, and we'll see if that makes a difference.

For inspiration, here are the words of wisdom on the tag attached to my tea bag in tonight's cup of Yogi Tea:

"Your strength is in how calmly, quietly and peacefully you face life."

Dandelion for anger?

Eight hours of sleep later, I feel better. And more hopeful. A new day in which to strive for no anger attacks. (I know that lack of sleep contributes to my temper, no doubt about it. So eight hours can't hurt!)

Also, I just read a Yahoo news article by a doctor of Chinese medicine. He says that taking 500 milligrams of dandelion daily, for a month or longer, will "help release built-up anger."

Anyone had any experience with this? Herbs were the original medicine, so it sounds plausible. I'm willing to try...