Body & Mind

9 things you definitely recognize if you are a night owl

By Bo Geschiere | #!30Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0200+02:002830#30Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0200+02:00-6Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam202330 24am30am-30Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0200+02:006Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam2023302023Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0200006006amSaturday=9#!30Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam6#06-24-2023#!30Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0200+02:002830#/30Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0200+02:00-6Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam202330#!30Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:00:28 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam6#

Sure, I am one. A night person. Clearly even. My alarm clock is my biggest enemy and only after lunchtime can I somewhat function decently. I try, but whether it works is another story. Evenings are my time to shine. Suddenly I get a mega boost and come up with the most creative ideas that need to be worked out immediately. And there I am, behind my laptop until two in the morning, only to pay the price the next early morning. Are you also anything but an early bird? Then you will surely recognize yourself in the following points. Here they come.

1. You have seen every series
Name a movie/series and you know it. In the evenings, you can't close your eyes anyway, so you have to kill some time somewhere. Before you know it, it's 3:00 AM, but you really have to finish that one episode. And the next one too.

2. In the morning, you can't get out of bed
As a preparation, you set at least ten alarms every five minutes, because you will definitely sleep through the first nine.

3. You can't stand morning people
No, these are not really your type of people. In the morning, you are unbearable and the last thing you need is your colleague at the coffee machine energetically telling how she has already been to a pilates class at seven in the morning. Jealousy? Perhaps.

4. You take too many naps during the day
After all, you have to catch up on your sleep somewhere, so why not on the couch at five in the afternoon. But you don't really wake up refreshed. After two hours, you wake up completely disoriented and need at least a whole evening to recover. At least, I do.

5. You always calculate how many hours you can still sleep
Okay, it's two in the morning. If I go to sleep now, I have four hours and forty minutes until the alarm goes off. Should be doable.

6. You have no concentration during the day
A nine-to-five job is actually not for you at all. Just imagine: every day at nine o'clock fresh and fruity at the office. For no gold.

7. You only finish your to-do list in the evening
Doing laundry, answering emails, unloading the dishwasher; no one is surprised when you submit a deadline at 2:35 AM.

8. You don't have breakfast
Breakfast? What is that? A cup (or two) of coffee and you’re good to go.

9. You are a late-night snacker
Well, skipping breakfast has one downside: in the evenings you can eat as if your life depends on it. The calories you saved that day are consumed in no time times three.

Long story short: the life of a night owl is not all roses. We won't admit it easily, but we would also like to get up at six in the morning to go exercise. Will it ever happen? Probably not.