All the most exciting things happen after dark – and you earn the right to a nice lie-in
Night is better than day. More exciting things happen at night. Sunset is better than dawn. Night is the time to be alive and awake – there is nothing better than not having to get up in the mornings. These are the facts of life for many of us, but we are dismissed as night owls and increasingly encouraged to change our circadian rhythms to some loathsome presbyterian ideal.
I am so sick of reading those interviews about the secret of someone’s success being that they get up in the middle of the night for some resistance training while answering 10,000 emails. It is exhausting just reading about it. These same people go to bed at 8pm. This is weird unless you are five years old or 95, but is now considered sensible advice. Often this is handed out in some therapeutic guise alongside exercise as a way of avoiding stress or anxiety. You may feel better than everyone else, but is this living?
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