Theme Two: Living with situational life contexts and priorities Participants' narratives all described their everyday life experiences and challenges that affected their sleep patterns and practices.These social and environmental contexts affected their ability, or desire, to make sleep a priority, or not, in their lives. All participants'narratives of sleep included stories of their current lives where sleep was only part of the whole story. They had responsibilities in their lives that included family, friends, work, and their own health indwell-being. In addition, in the participants' stories, sleep opportunities and interruptions differed in relation to situational life priorities.Participants' narratives revealed three different perspectives related to their situational life contexts and priorities: Socializes, Family-focused Workers, and Optimum Health Seekers.