The nights feel different. Everything is quiet, there's no pressure, no one asking anything from me. It's just me and my thoughts.

Sometimes I want to sleep early, but then I realize how peaceful everything feels, and I don't want the night to end. It's the only time I feel like I truly have time for myself.

But then again, I know I'll regret staying up when morning comes.

Does anyone else feel like nighttime is the only time they truly belong to themselves?

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because i don't go to bed til 8-9 am and...well..can't have no cigs esp to wake up to with my coffee at 4pm. i rarely run out im not a heavy smoker so at 6 am i am seldom outside and it makes me forget that allot (allllot) of people are actually walking out the door heading to work at that time.

it almost shocks me. i could never be in bed @ 9-10 pm and up at 5am to be out the door at six. day life and early am life are not for me - full respect to those who work those hours - but i was just walking to the bodega and seeing all these people from my building and others just...making their way to their jobs.

im grateful i can live on the hours i (choose and want) to - but i just can't even imagine those hours - more specifically to have to work or get up to go to work THAT early. I could work from midnight to 8 AM and be fine with it but ... 9-5 nooope.

idk this is a bit random (me entire post haha) but im wondering if any of my sleep all day up all night owls who *chose* to be nocturnal can relate to being tripped out by seeing the "machine" start to move at that hour when i a selllldoomm outside.

Hi, this might sound stupid but it’s my first ever Reddit post, and I desperately need some help cuz I might have to pick up a job for now with awful working hours.

I would have to work from 5am - 2pm, which seem like torture cuz I never worked anything other than night shifts before and I’m worried I won’t manage.

My sleep schedule so far has been me going to bed around 9am and sleeping till about 4pm. I would have to basically change my whole sleep schedule, and find something I can work with for at least couple of months till I can pick up a night shift again.

I thought maybe i could try to push it around somehow, maybe I could manage waking up even later and going to sleep after work but idk if that’s a good idea or if it’s just gonna make me miserable and exhausted.

Any thoughts, ideas? Anything is greatly appreciated.

im bored and drunk hi

tell me a fact or ur special interest

Haven’t slept in two nights
Just laying here.
Quit cold turkey and doing the hard thing.
Doing it for my family.
These sleepless nights won’t last forever..

Ofcourse I have to wake up early...

Anyways what's up at 2 am? Possibly not waiting for a text thats never coming...or staring at the ceiling for past 3 hrs? ...

If you’re awake right now, congratulations: we’re both losing the battle against screen time

What have been some of the hardest things you’ve dealt with being a night them person? Do people make assumptions about your lifestyle because you function better at night? I’ve had people claim I’m lazy but I just live at a different time. Would love some stories and how you overcame the stigma of being a nights person!

Why can't you sleep?? 😭

It’s almost morning. I haven’t slept all night for nothing. I’m usually up when i’m having a friend over or texting with my crush but like why did my brain decide to keep me awake on this random ahh day. Actually worse because I need to move out tomorrow, so it’s pretty bad timing to be unrested.

Well looks like I'm staying up for 2 days have to go make some soup and bannock, then later go to a hockey game

I can't sleep , bored as hell!

I think my title explains a lot

i also have a cold so I cannot breath out of my nostrils

I was a kid. I truly never felt fear but now it’s like cause I’m outside now it’s like oh that’s that fear when the lights turn off.

I suspect the vast majority of the population is wired up that the 24 hour cycle starts when the sun rises. For me the day follows the night - not the other way around. My night really dictates how the following day is; night is the more impactful period.

I realize this is just a view since the day:night cycle is for all intents and purposes forever.

Where does your circle/cycle begin "gut wise" - I know how we've been programmed but what does your body (not head) feel?