by Taluun » Mon May 11, 2015 3:09 pm
See if I want to talk to a lot of my friends and play games with them, I pretty much have to be willing to stay up. I also know when I was in school I typically had an easier time working on hw when it was later in the day and I haven't had classes any earlier than 1 for about 3 years now so its not like sleeping in has been any sort of issue at all.
When I co-oped last winter/spring/summer I had to be at work at 8 Am and I regularly went to bed at 12 then so switching my sleep schedule to accommodate a standard work schedule I have found to be relatively easy so far.
To sum it up I think the article is failing in that it makes assumptions.
#5 I really do not like the day, being out in the sun will tire me out. I could sit on a park bench all day but I will be tired. I have to continuously squint all day as I am very sensitive to the light, visually at least. I find it relaxing to walk around campus at night and I find it relaxing to drive around in a city at night.
#4 I have seen how a few friends spend on the internet and they typically go through random lists of pictures with a few words attached which I would agree is just wasting time on the internet. For me though I typically spend most of my time either talking with others through forums, Skype, Line, WoW, and Facebook or I will play some type of video game, watch some anime, or read some book. All of those I consider "being productive" as I am going to do them regardless, its just a matter of when, so staying up late to do those things is productive to me.
#3 reading this post it makes me think he needs to talk to a psychologist of some sort. He is putting arbitrary value in things like bed times and the night. Why would you not know what to do in the morning? Just do the same thing you would do if you woke up later. His experiment of going to sleep earlier than normal doesn't make me feel anxious, it doesn't make me stressed out like the thought makes him. I just can't fall asleep then because I'm not tired.
#2 yeah I don't view staying up late as me-time. I regularly talk to others as previously stated. I am almost always in a Skype call when I play games and I regularly are messaging people. I wish my gf was awake then but she has work in the morning so I really can't blame her. I wish I was around others and that is the sole reason why I dislike staying up late, lack of others to be around.
#1 I don't know what he does that he can't do it at night for the most part. I go shopping at 12 am to 2 am typically. I wash my clothes then, I can play video games at night, I can watch anime, I can read books, I can read manga, I can update my budget spreadsheets to make sure I am not overspending, I could work on homework when I was still in school, I could discover new music to listen to, I can clean the apartment and the list can go on. The amount of things I can still do at night pretty much makes up a full list of things I like doing during the daytime as well.