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Interesting article. Hits home for me. I've honestly struggled with this for years. I've always been a night owl. As a young adult, I managed to get away with
by miobrien 10y ago
Interesting article. Hits home for me. I've honestly struggled with this for years. I've always been a night owl.
As a young adult, I managed to get away with it; my family and friends would often called me "lazy" or a "late sleeper" but I always pointed out that, although I woke up at 11, I went to bed at 4, so it's not like I'm sleep for 12 hours at a time.
However, as an adult, it's challenging; I have to get up early for work or school, but I crave the late-night dives into my thoughts.
Also, it's not that I necessarily like being alone—I wouldn't call myself a solitary person—but I find that the night is also productive and fertile time because there are fewer distractions: once everyone's asleep I can work undisturbed; for me there's something calming about the night/early morning.
- satysin 10y agoI am exactly the same. Even now at 33 (birthday today in fact!) my most productive and creative hours are from 9pm until 3am. My mind is sharper at that time and I have no idea why. I have tried every thing I have heard of to make myself a morning person but nothing works. Measuring my sleep cycles, getting 8, 9 or even 10 hours sleep a night, diet changes, etc, etc. Nothing gets my brain to that natural super sharp level. Very strange but I just work with it as best I can. That is hard with a 4 year old though.
- tmikaeld 10y agoHappy birthday :)
- satysin 10y agoThank you very much :) The weather is lovely in West London today so we have been out teaching my son to ride his bike. Now I am relaxing with an ice cold soft drink and this evening I have been promised a few hours uninterrupted gaming haha. Living the dream!