Life at 3AM

I drank tea hours ago and I believe the caffeine is taking its toll. One question long bothers me. Is it good to be nocturnal? Is it bad to be nocturnal? Is it? Is it?

It is not difficult to notice how some people are more productive in the wee hours, you know, crunch time, the late nights and the early mornings. There is something about the time at the beginning or end of the day that demands productivity, and that, I cannot pinpoint. Maybe it's the urgency. Maybe it's the moon. Or maybe it's the morning news. I don't know.

My body clock has shifted three hours later, and I need help. I need to gain control over this circadian mess-up that I predict would indeed mess up my sleeping and waking patterns in the coming weeks. I do not find it miserable though. The feeling of being up at 1:52 in the morning for fun is priceless. It makes you think and do more freely. Maybe because airtime is not as crowded as when everybody is awake. When majority of people are living their waking lives, it can get noisy. Even if they don't speak whatever they are thinking, it is still noisy. Noisy means distracting. Distraction yields less productivity. However during past midnight, it's like the air is clean, there is more space to think. Now, have I solved the mystery of why-is-it-better-to-work-at-2am? Do I get Scooby snacks?

But I am still envious of people who get to sleep at 10 PM daily. How do they do that?

Why do I tire of counting sheep?

When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

xo, Danne