is anyone more alert at night?
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Yes, but there is a good explanation. The computer screen during the evening can interfere with the body's biological clock, which associates darkness with sleep. Stimulating computer activity before bedtime, such as gaming or coding can increase brain activity, also affecting the body's biological processes involved in sleep. I find myself going to bed and sleeping later if I don't log-off around 9 and wind down.
silentthunder
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Totally! Ever since I was in elementary school.
stang1101
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hmmm interesting... I guess I can agree with that. Even when all the electronic screens are off I still am more alert at night though.
teeniegenie
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Oh man, I am totally that way. I personally hate it and wish I was better at getting to bed and getting up early in the morning to get things done.
I think this is right on. I have been thinking lately that I need to turn the computer off around 9pm each night to get to bed around 10 - 10:30p.
popcrdom29
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Yeah I can agree with you OP. I get a lot of work done at night but I start to phase out around 2 am sometimes. Almost every night I say that I'm going to bed around 10 but it never happens unless I really have to get up early for something, which is a few times a week to take spinning classes at the gym.
Other than that I'm a night owl.
Other than that I'm a night owl.
johnwho
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LOL. I guess I am welcome to the insomniac club.
Sometimes even If I try really hard I can't really sleep early.The method that I am using now is I finished as much as work as possible during the day so that my brain and body will get tired in the evening.
j21primetime
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I completely agree! I believe it's due to the fact their are literally no distractions. Everyone in my neighborhood is fast asleep and it's magnificently quiet!
danielgb123
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Very true, my entire family can just go to bed and fall asleep whilst it takes me a good couple of hours before I eventually doze off.
I've found doing projects at school I do my best work between 10pm and 1am. With IM and basically anything else, I generate my best ideas at night whilst I can go an entire day having nothing new come to mind.
Guilty as charged. Working during the day has always been a struggle for me. I really prefer working at night and sleeping in the day. I would totally do it if it weren't for my crappy day job forcing me to do otherwise.
Insomniac here... Usually if I'm on the computer past 11pm, as long as I'm researching/reading/trying to find ways to make money, when I look at the clock it's already 3am. Lately I haven't been getting sleepy until 5am and I have to force myself to lay down. I never understood how people could sleep before 10pm as I would lay in bed until 1am and think to myself I wasted 3 hours doing nothing when I could have been on the comp learning something.
Webbers UX
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I'm pretty much a heavy sleeper, I sleep from 1 am to 10 am , or sometimes more, it's bad for me, I'm trying to reduce it.
, or sometimes more, it's bad for me, I'm trying to reduce it.UnDerDoG81
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utkarshpaliwal
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Same here! I work only at night! I sleep at 4:30am in the morning!
bertbaby
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I think its more to do with less distractions at night. I'm a morning person and usually do my heavy lifting early in the morning. However; I find myself sometimes making a last minute push between 10pm to 1am. Not late by most people's standards but keep in mind I am up at 5:30am.