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[Komo]

Alright, I've had this for the past forever and a half. It's 12:40 AM and I should've been in bed like ten minutes ago, but all I want to do is everything. The last thing I want to do is sleep.

During the day, I'm actually incredibly lazy and I feel lethargic a lot of the time. I rarely do anything productive with myself unless I'm feeling really good, or I have to. (classes, homework, etc.) It takes me a while to muster up an acceptable amount of motivation to get tasks done. Man, sometimes even playing games can feel like a bit of a chore during the day. I've actually noticed that I don't tend to feel all that great during the day in general. My mood is quite 'neutral' for the most part with a few brief ups and downs.

On the flip side, at night I seem to have the energy to do just about anything. The weird thing is that the more tired I am, the more motivated I feel. Although, the best part of all of this is that I just feel great. Plain and simple. I feel like I could conquer the goddamn world! Unfortunately, since I rarely tend to stray off my regular sleeping schedule, I seldom use said motivation.

So, Why on earth does this happen? Is anybody else like this? Should I become nocturnal full-time? Are we secretly bats? I don't want to be a bat. Bats are ugly.

 

[Glendemonium]

I get some good brainstorming ideas at around 9pm, then in two hours I get tired, sleep and forget most of it by morning.

 

[Lumination]

I do my best work in the bedroom at night.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

It looks like you are a bat, man.

 

[CadetMahoney]

you are night owl most likely.

 

[Sage00]

I know what you mean. I have a bizarre confidence in my own ability and ideas at night, yet it seems to turn into "Nah, can't be bothered doing that" in the morning.

 

[Koriandrr]

Yep. My brain is on fire when I should be sleeping.

Welcome to the Night Owl club.
Going to bed early and having pillow talks is your best friend.

 

[Foxyone]

I tend to be like that as well. I'm usually pretty boring and a bit sleepy throughout the day, but when it gets dark I just get so much energy and want to do everything. It's when I got most of my schoolwork done because I was just too in the zone past midnight. Even when I was really young I noticed that I seemed to strangely have more energy at night because I could run faster and longer than I could during the day; it was weird.

 

[nkarafo]

Hey OP are you an introvert?

Also do you prefer Winter instead of summer?


Well, anyway, during the day i don't have the will to do anything. I don't like the sun, i don't like people, i don't like the warm and "nice" weather in my country. I like cold, silent nights. Even if i'm sleepy (during the day all i want is to sleep), when it gets dark i become hyper-active again, even if i hadn't have any sleep before.

My friends call me a vampire and i do think that's something is wrong with me.

 

[Komo]

Hey OP are you an introvert?

Also do you prefer Winter instead of summer?


Well, anyway, during the day i don't have the will to do anything. I don't like the sun, i don't like people, i don't like the warm and "nice" weather in my country. I like cold, silent nights. Even if i'm sleepy (during the day all i want is to sleep), when it gets dark i become hyper-active againI even if i hadn't have any sleep before.

My friends call me a vampire and i do think lthat's something is wrong with me.

Yes and yes. Are you me?

Seems like our body clocks are flipped or something

 

[inm8num2]

Nighttime is when the world around us slows down a little. I find it easier to concentrate on something at night, especially with fewer distractions.

 

[number47]

Maybe cuz its usually quiter at night? No sun blasting your face?

I kinda get it.

 

[Cuburt]

I can relate.

I'm definitely a night owl and I'd prefer not to be.

 

[ElTorro]

Nighttime is when the world around us slows down a little. I find it easier to concentrate on something at night, especially with fewer distractions.

Yeah, have the same feeling. A shame that regular work life is quite incompatible with that. I enjoy when I can shift my work time to late evening.

 

[Koki]

When it cones to coursework, yeah.

I don't have to worry about being interrupted by calls or other distractions.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I get motivated when the sun starts setting because I feel like the next day is coming soon.

Was particularly helpful for getting shit done in college.

 

[Galang]

Hey OP are you an introvert?

Also do you prefer Winter instead of summer?


Well, anyway, during the day i don't have the will to do anything. I don't like the sun, i don't like people, i don't like the warm and "nice" weather in my country. I like cold, silent nights. Even if i'm sleepy (during the day all i want is to sleep), when it gets dark i become hyper-active again, even if i hadn't have any sleep before.

My friends call me a vampire and i do think that's something is wrong with me.

This is completely me. Sucks since I'm stuck at my parents house for a while and everyone ignores me in the day, but won't leave me alone at night when I want to work and be left alone.

 

[bigmit3737]

Go to sleep at 9 and walk up at 4.
You will get those early morning quiet hours .

 

[Dr Prob]

It might have something to do with your Cicada rhythm. Some people are good in the day, slowing down at night while others are like bugs.

 

[Floridian]

Nighttime was when I usually did my school assignments, so yeah.

 

[Dice//]

This is definitely me too.... It should be considered DISCRIMINATION to have us night owls expected to be 'early birds'!!!!!!

....*sigh*

 

[Misha]

I know what you mean. I have a bizarre confidence in my own ability and ideas at night, yet it seems to turn into "Nah, can't be bothered doing that" in the morning.

Idk about anyone else but for me I think I gain that confidence at night because of the lack of expectations. In the morning it's all about getting things done and hitting deadlines and stuff but if I do it at night there's pretty much no pressure so whatever I accomplish then is a pleasant surprise

 

[MedIC86]

There was an ELI5 about this sometime ago on reddit, i cant remember it precisly but there was a scientific explanation for this. maybe you can google it

 

[wild wild rice]

I've heard that people tend to be most aware/productive around whatever hour of the day they were born. A surprising amount of anecdotal conversations support this.

 

[triplestation]

#teamnightowl

 

[PandaShake]

Mine is usually due to procrastination. I get motivated at night to do course work because I have no choice. I have to do it now or be late. Other times it could be a guilty sense of relief. I could do all these things, but it can't be helped now since it's night time and I should go to bed allowing me to put it off on technicality.

 

[Zombine]

No I fall asleep at 10pm like a child because I work hard during the day.

 

[ChouGoku]

Sounds just like me. I can sit around all day and not do shit then at night I have the motivation, drive, and energy to do anything. I think this comes from years of not being able to sleep and procrastination in school. Its just like my mind is used to being productive at night

 

[ElTorro]

I've heard that people tend to be most aware/productive around whatever hour of the day they were born. A surprising amount of anecdotal conversations support this.

Given that the range of times where you can be born is very limited (morning, afternoon, evening, night), it is statistically necessary that a lot of people will report that correlation.

 

[Killer Queen]

If Im up I start to feel the urge to work out at like 2am.

 

[LQX]

I can only workout at night.

 

[Mordeccai]

I do all my best school work / work in general from 12-3AM. I can continue working up until 6 or 7 with a pot of coffee, and that work will still be better than if I tried it in the afternoon but it won't be optimal.

I'm glad I got on to the 3-11 shift, I get to sleep in until 10 or 11 am, go to work and not have to deal with a busy ass work environment, then stay up until 3 or 4. When I was training, they had me coming in to work at fucking 6:30 am, there was no way for me to go to sleep at 11 to get the 7 hours I needed. I felt like a zombie for months.

 

[Suite Pee]

Yeah, but I also have a thing against the sun. I prefer to work in darker, less-natural lighting.

But I do get lots of sun while exercising. It's weird.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Yes, I tend to write more during the night. I have been forcing myself to write more in general now.

 

[iirate]

I swapped from night owl in my youth to early bird as an adult. It still means I'm roughly at my most productive during the same hours(3-5AM), just that I now start my day at my most productive rather than ending it.

I enjoy it, as the early productivity gives the rest of my day a boost, and I don't have the issue of high productivity leading to restlessness when I need to sleep as often.

 

[nasax]

I get really ambitious at night with my thoughts. I would rule the world if I had that same ambition during the day which just disappears like nothing happened the night before. Shit sucks.

 

[John Kowalski]

The less i have to do before bed the smarter and more ambitious i become.

 

[Madrin]

Yep, this is me. I know at least part of the reason behind it for me is that lighting heavily affects my mood, so unless the look of the sunlight outside is just right during the day then it drags me down.

Hey OP are you an introvert?

Also do you prefer Winter instead of summer?

This is me too.

 

[Pinko Marx]

This is me to a T.
I could be dragging ass all day long thinking "man, when I get home I'm going to bed early as fuck. I'm so tired." Then as soon as 2000 rolls around I'm suddenly energized and up. Only to wake up the next morning hating life and wondering why I stayed up so late when I knew I had work in the morning.

 

[140.85]

Yep. This is me. I need so much chemical assistance to give a shit about anything when the sun is up.

 

[Lorcain]

I've been a night owl since I was a young kid reading books by flashlight at night. It's not easy being on the opposite cycle as most people. I admire natural morning people, I don't know how they do it.

 

[nasax]

I kind of wish there was an alternative schedule for people like us lol. Imagine taking classes at 2 AM or having a normal 9-5 to job but it being 9 PM to 5 AM? That would be great.

 

[entremet]

Nope. I can't do anything productive at night. Only recreational.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

It might have something to do with your Cicada rhythm. Some people are good in the day, slowing down at night while others are like bugs.

dat cicada rhythm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45JkcsmFRwM

 

[Shmuppers]

Only for Street Fighter. Bonus points if it's raining.

 

[Melon Husk]

Hey OP are you an introvert?

Also do you prefer Winter instead of summer?


Well, anyway, during the day i don't have the will to do anything. I don't like the sun, i don't like people, i don't like the warm and "nice" weather in my country. I like cold, silent nights. Even if i'm sleepy (during the day all i want is to sleep), when it gets dark i become hyper-active again, even if i hadn't have any sleep before.

My friends call me a vampire and i do think that's something is wrong with me.

Yes and yes. Are you me?

Seems like our body clocks are flipped or something

Yep.

 

[zeemumu]

That just means you're Batman

 

[Admodieus]

Ever since I started working out in the morning, I'm much more productive before noon. I would suggest giving that a try.

 

[PInk Tape]

Yup. I tend to do better when it's calm and quiet at night.

 

[sergioalb64]

Opposite for me. Any time after midnight I'm tired and sleepy (sleep 12 to 5 religiously). Even if I get plenty of rest before a late night outing, I may not be tired but I'm sloooow and not fully there. Not my best moments.

Anytime after 5AM I'm bright as the sun tho.