>> The night gives you freedom—from expectations, from obligations, and from distractions. It allows you to just be. “The daytime forces all these identity poss

>> The night gives you freedom—from expectations, from obligations, and from distractions. It allows you to just be. “The daytime forces all these identity possibilities on you,” Rufus told me. “The nighttime, with its silence and its darkness and its solitude, helps you settle more into who you really are.” Very relatable. Seems like a common theme in these "ultra-introverts" is the desire to escape in some way. From that perspective, I can see where the concerns of it being an "unhealthy" behavior stem from. I'm kind of curious why the behavior is skewed more towards night than early morning as I've had similar, peaceful, calm-before-the-storm, experiences from waking up very early (3am-6am).