Why you should stay up LATE!
Forcing yourself to get up early in the morning is pointless! | Tickled By Life
1. There is nothing ‘natural’ about getting up early in the morning. It perhaps made sense a few hundred years ago when sunlight was the only source of light and you could only get your work done when the sun was shining – so getting up early was required to maximize working time. This argument does not hold anymore - at least in places that have electricity. (If you are reading this, your house/office has electricity).
2. It is a myth that you ‘save time’ by getting up early. Well, each day has 24 hours and if you sleep for 6 hours, you have 18 hours to do everything else, irrespective of when you sleep and when you get up.
3. If you get up early, you’ll need to sleep early. If you sleep early, you miss out on all the exciting stuff that happens late at night! Most people start winding down around 8pm and are off to bed soon after. Most people have 1-2 hours of leisure time in the evening before they sleep. But this amount of time is not really enough to plan anything meaningful. On the other hand if you know that after finishing dinner at 9pm, you still have another 3-4 hours, it just opens up so many possibilities. You can read a book, watch a movie, work or simply talk.
4. Toiling away late into the night while the rest of the world sleeps is such a beautiful feeling! It is so still and quiet.
5. To just look out of your window or balcony at 3 am is such a moving sight. The whole city is bathed in a warm yellow glow, everyone is peacefully asleep, even your noisy neighbour. I would not miss the feeling for anything.
6. Some of the meals that I have enjoyed the most have been the late night snacks that I had while I was studying at IIMA. We used to get very hungry when we studied till late and either we used to cook up something around 3 in the morning or walk down to the NR (night retreat – a late night in-campus restaurant). If you haven’t had a meal at 3 am, you’ve been missing something.
7. There are few things as surreal as a late night jog through an otherwise crowded place (during the day). It is a wonderful feeling to go for a jog around 1 am and just notice the stillness around you. It is amazingly peaceful and you get great ideas as well!
8. I am at my productive best when I work late. There are no distractions, no noise, no school bus to miss, no newspaper headlines to read. Knowing that there is nothing else between now and sleep time except what I am working on right now is a nice feeling.
9. When you sleep late, you will usually get up late and that can be so effective because you will do the boring/usual/essential stuff very quickly indeed. It is so much fun to get ready in a hurry. You find out just how quickly and efficiently you can shave among other things.
10. It is an amazing end to the day if you have been working late and have been able to do some good work. The feeling of satisfaction and contentment that you get as you lie down and close your eyes is not matched by anything else.
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- J: leder efter den helt rette bør
- M: Du skriver bare de mærkeligste ting... Ikke dårligt ment, det er en god griner.
- J: Hvis det er en forbrydelse at ønske sig en god hat, er jeg skyldig.
- M: Det er ikke forbrydelse, det er bare sjovt.
- J: Det er ikke sjovt, det er bare praktisk: jeg fryser om hovedet, jeg har brug for en hat, eller: jeg er godt nok træt af, at bruge så mange penge på plasticposer i fakta, når jeg køber mandariner. Jeg køber en hat! Den kan jeg bære mandarinerne i.
- M: Du er SÅ sort. Jeg kan godt savne dig i mit liv en gang imellem.
- J: Well, du kan jo bare komme til kbh og drikke en latté. Men jeg holder stadig på, at det ikke er sort. Det er et spørgsmål om overlevelse: til sommer vil hatten beskytte mig mod solstik og UV-stråler og jeg kan transportere vand i den.
- M: Pænt tæt hat du har fundet dig. Tillykke med det. Jeg drikker desværre ikke latté, jeg er ikke så voksen at jeg kan li kaffe endnu. Måske kommer det en dag...
- J: Hvis du ikke kan lide kaffe, er der bestemt ingen grund til at tage til staden. Her handler alt om macchiato, espresso og latté. Vi drikker os en bønne på og bagefter tager vi ned i petitgas og køber fire-fem sixpences og en barsolino eller to.
- M: Du er så skør at det er fantastisk.
- J: Det er ikke skørt, det er min hverdag.
