It’s Tough Being a Night Owl
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I’m most productive at from about 2-4am.
When you say that people look at you like you’re a few jacks full of a short deck. Then they try to cover it real quick with something like, “Oh, I’m a night owl too. Sometimes I stay up until midnight.”
Midnight? Really? You think that makes you a night owl? Sometimes I take naps until midnight.
But, when you’re a mom to an adorable four year old, this doesn’t work out so well. When you go to bed at five, and your kiddo wakes up at nine this does not a full night of sleep make.
So, fellow night owls–how do you cope?
So nice to find someone else asking that question! I dont have the answer sorry…and MAN do i relate to the frustration when others say ‘oh yeah, i go to bed about midnight’.Great! I still have 3 hours to go!! Do you mind if i ask, do you have Delayed sleep phase syndrome?
I hope you get a good answer to your question…perhaps a nice nanny who wants to work for free for you out of her support for night owls. That is what my husband and i are depending on for when we have kids shortly.
@Melissa, oh is there like a name for it?
haha I should check it out 🙂
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I’ve gotten used to living life as a zombie. Those rare occasions when I get six hours of sleep are so lovely. Cling to the memories.
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I am the opposite of you. I go to bed early and then get up early to write. My writing slot is 5-7am only as I work full time and have 3 sons so by the time they’re all in bed I’m too shattered to write.
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Hey! Love your blog and your tweets! Gave you an award over at my blog and am now going to check myself into rehab for excessive use of exclamation points!
I’m a mother of 2; 4yr old and a 1 1/2yr old. The youngest ALWAYS naps but the other doesn’t. I usually place him on the foot of the couch with a movie and it’s “quiet time” while his sister naps. So I get a few minutes of rest then.
Then as soon as the kids go to bed, I do too! This can be anywhere between 7 – 10pm. I wake around midnight everynight, and do whatever needs to be done online, around the house, etc until about 4 or 5am…then back to bed til about 8 or 9 when the kids wake.
So I normally get anywhere from 2-4 hours at a time, but still averages about 8 hours in a day.
I don’t have kids 😉