Yeah, I'm very similar. It's why I can't sleep. I feel like sleep is getting in the way of me doing or learning something new.
When I was a kid I wanted to be a pilot. At 16 I became a pilot, and after 18 years of age I never piloted a plane again. Turned out it wasn't something that I really wanted to do.
Ah, but then I discovered sleep yoga and "sleeping" no longer seems such a waste of time!
Sleeping has always been somewhat difficult for me. Even as a kid, 7 hours a night was pushing it... the whole teenagers who sleep 14 hours a day phase? Never went through it...