Very much a night owl. I usually go to bed between midnight and 1. If I have a vacation, I can go full nocturnal very easily.

[-]

I was like that until I retired, because I started work at 7 am. Even on weekends, I was rarely up past 11 pm.

Now though, I'm often up past 1 am. Sometimes even as late as 3 or 4. At least twice in the past few months, I've been up until 5. Watching a movie, binging a show, playing a game, or whatever.

The dogs don't care what time I go to bed, but they want to be up by 9. So there's usually a nap at some point during my day. But who cares? I'm 59 and enjoying my retirement.

[-]

WATAMURA@reddit

Yup.... I have to force myself to go to bed by 1AM.

Between working night crew at a grocery store in my early 20s (11PM-7AM), doing all nighters in College and Design School... I can stay up all night, no problem. Working is the only thing keeping me from having a completely chaotic sleep schedule. When I am on a staycation, I inevitably stay up till dawn.

[-]

galtscrapper@reddit

Yup.

Yes! I am conscious of the fact that I go to bed late, but even when I make the decision to call it a night, it’s always another hour before my head hits the pillow.

My saving grace is that I’m not an actual insomniac - I’m usually out like a light 5-10 minutes after I get to bed. And I don’t have a job that requires me to be ip at the ass-crack of dawn, so I still manage to get decent sleep usually. Very little incentive to change.

Etrigone@reddit

Even if I go to bed early (very rare), the fur child is crepuscular and wakes me up. So, I need to go play with her and then even if I wanted to I'm up for a bit.

Works out fine since direct sunlight makes super pale me combust. I've been trying to avoid the daystar for decades.

[-]

kebmillard@reddit

I go to bed between 1a and 2a. I get up at 7:30a. Have for decades. I’m up late whether I’m busy or not. My brain just isn’t tired before the a.m.’s

[-]

Zipper-is-awesome@reddit

I have terrible insomnia. If I don’t put a structure like: eat now, shower now, eat again it’s just one very long day, light sometimes, dark sometimes.

[-]

MargieBigFoot@reddit

How do you use eating and showering to help sleep? I ask as a fellow insomniac.

[-]

Zipper-is-awesome@reddit

I will first mention I do have dogs. So 3 alarms go off every day: 7am breakfast, 12:30pm lunch and 4pm dinner. Even if I put the phone on silent, they do not forget. So I eat breakfast with them. I eat dinner later, like 6pm. Even if I know I’m probably not going to sleep, I take a shower before “bed” I do a whole skincare, brush/floss and lay down and at least try. This is sleep hygiene, I know at some point for at least a little I can kick into a normal circadian rhythm if the drugs work, no guarantee. So, this is the time in the day for sleep. The dogs also know this routine.

TheSpiggott@reddit

My ideal sleep window is 11pm to 7am. I chalk that up to too many years in Food and Beverage.

[-]

Phobos1982@reddit

Yeah I’m a night owl. I’ll sleep til 3 pm on weekends.

[-]

ejabean@reddit

53 here. I get up in the morning cause thats when the work happens. If i dont pay attention to the time, i wont head to bed until 1 or 2, and thats once i catch it. Ive always been a night owl, though.

[-]

Dawner444@reddit

My entire life. I am fortunate to fall asleep before 1am, but is usually between 2-3am.

[-]

FeedbackExisting4762@reddit

Night Owl here and always have been. My dad used to say, "Oh, you'll see when you get older, you'll be going to bed earlier and getting up earlier."

OneFortyEighthScale@reddit

I didn’t get married til my 30s and was always a major night owl. Now I am up between 5 and 6 am to walk the dogs with my wife. It’s been quite the change.

I feel like if I didn’t have to get up early that my natural behavior would gravitate back to night owl-up past midnight frequently.

[-]

kvrdave@reddit

I was always a night owl, and now I'm sleeping from 9pm to 5am like some kind of old person. I better start calling dinner "supper."

[-]

MotherAthlete2998@reddit

I am a mushroom.

[-]

DoNotResusit8@reddit

Once I retire, it’ll be back to going to sleep at 3am.

I used to. My partner is. She rarely goes to bed before midnight. But she likes to get to work At 9 am.

like to start work at 7 am. I work from home she goes to an office.

KnightKrawler68@reddit

I have to be up at 4am for work and I still am not “tired” until at least 11 most nights. If I was left to my own body clock I would be up at 11am and be tied around 3am. Sucks

[-]

Befuddled_GenXer@reddit

I work the night shift, so I don't have a choice. Last Christmas I stayed up during the day to hang out with the family, when I noticed that daylight wasn't as bright as I remembered it being. Then I remembered that my glasses have transition lenses.

[-]

tmilo590@reddit

😂😂😂

[-]

-Ancalagon-@reddit

Takes me until 12 or 12:30 until I'm sufficiently tired and distracted to easily fall asleep.

GracieThunders@reddit

Working second shift fixes everything, it's like a weight off of my shoulders.

socgrandinq@reddit

Late night at this point = 9:30

[-]

BornTry5923@reddit

Been a night owl since I was a kid. I just feel better at night.

[-]

ThisFeelsInfected@reddit

Night time is the right time

[-]

Sensitive-Question42@reddit

I’ve always been an early bird.

However I am now also a night owl.

Adept_Yesterday6917@reddit

56 f , snuggled with my dogs watching Shrinking at 2 am mst. do some of best problem solving in the wee hours. fave part is envisioning and inplanting my hearts desires as dose in and out with the boob tube on in the background. gone are the days when the national anthem played with the picture of a flag playing, sugning off airwaves at 2am

[-]

dirtybo0ts@reddit

I’m up at 5am watching Shrinking over here! 😀

gif

[-]

CuriosityKillsHer@reddit

Checking in @ 1:18 am here.

I've been a night owl since childhood. Now that Im not currently working I go to sleep around 3 most nights. It varies, but always later than the normies.

[-]

dirtybo0ts@reddit

I’m the total opposite. Up between 4:30-5am every morning and always want to crawl into bed around 830pm 🤭

Always been a night person. I’ve worked nights most of my life and love it. I think it has to do with being awake when everyone else is quiet. The night shift at my office is fairly quiet and much less chaotic with fewer mgmt around. Like being a latchkey kid all over again.

The rest of my family don’t get it at all and think I’m lazy. I don’t know how many times I explain that I get the same 8 hrs as they do, it just happens from 4am-noon. I usually try to adjust to their schedule when I visit but it’s tough and I always can revert right back to my night schedule in about 24 hrs with a nap or two.

Mr_Horrible@reddit (OP)

Fuck, I am so sorry! I use a cane and sometimes a wheelchair because I've had to deal with my own shit and I've had spinal injections, spinal tap, so many nerve conduction tests. I had a laminectomy and still have a whole lot of neuropathy in my leg, my hand and my back. It sucks! Hopefully everything will go well with the new neurologist. I've gone through three myself :-) it took 30 years to get diagnosed and it still doesn't really have any sort of cure just some drugs they can throw at it. Luckily, I have a nice family who is willing to deal with my shit LOL. Seriously though, finding the right neurologist can make a huge difference. Someone that actually pays attention to everything that goes wrong and can help you with it. Hopefully you will get that!

[-]

CaptJack_LatteLover@reddit

Fingers crossed. Luckily my last shunt replacement was in 03 when I was 19. That neurosurgeon was a genius! Stuck it down the right side of my body & its just chilling. Former surgeons were like criss crossing it across my body & typically itd malfunction after 6 - 7 years.

Minirth22@reddit

I’ve always been a night owl and that doesn’t seem to be changing much. I have sleep problems and I go berserk lying in bed waiting to sleep, so no set bedtime. I don’t go to bed until I’m nodding off.

It’s 230 here, I still work an office job, this is a little later for me in normal times. I had managed to walk it back so I was getting to bed between 11 pm - 1am, and that was working for me, but a life event happened, my entire daily schedule got disrupted for a month, and FUCKING daylight savings time was right in that time. So much worse than usual this year, and it usually ruins a solid week.

[-]

Komaisnotsalty@reddit

Chronic night owl and insomniac here. Sleep before midnight? That's prime gaming time!

[-]

Mr_Horrible@reddit (OP)

I do a lot of gaming, as well! Playing some Starfield recently but I play a lot of tabletop games etc

[-]

Komaisnotsalty@reddit

Same, regarding playing a variety. Recently got sucked back in to playing 7 Days to Die by myself and with friends when we can all get together

But I'll play nearly anything and Thursdays are IRL games at my place. Usually Magic the Gathering lately but cards or board games get brought out too.

[-]

Mr_Horrible@reddit (OP)

I am currently working on a Dungeons & Dragons campaign for charity. Like a local charity:-) it's a lot but I am hoping to attract some newbies

[-]

Quick_Dark244@reddit

I nap from 6 to 8 and hit the sack around 3. Great for reeling it in. You can’t find the peace and quiet any other time of day. Living with adhd it’s my favorite time and here’s a meme I found.

*waves from 2am land*

Always been a night owl. I've worked graveyard since I was 19, with a few 1st shift sprinkled in. I usually got fired because I couldn't get up on time lol.

Necessary-Share2495@reddit

[-]

skdnn05@reddit

I work midnights. It's my day off. I'm be up all night

[-]

MassCasualty@reddit

Walking the dog right now... I like late night walking.

[-]

genx_meshugana@reddit

I'm a regular night shifter.

11:30pm for me. Had a midnight deadline yesterday and worked up to almost the last minute. Took 3 hours to cone down from the adrenaline rush and fall asleep. Super tired all day and then tried to take a nap.... but the nap took me! I was out for 3 hours and woke up at 8pm. I'll be up until 3am again 😩

[-]

Junkman3@reddit

If I don't have a work schedule then I'm up till 3am and awake around noon. Anything before 9am is absolute torture. Been this way my whole life.