A Shift Into the Midnight Hours

It is no secret that I am trying to become consistent on the blockchain. After months of being away, I have been on the lookout for new communities, and I have been coming across new ones lately. I am trying to be open to writing in several communities especially those that align with my personality. Midnight Letters is one community I recently discovered.

I am mostly a Midnight owl, especially when I was in university, because I needed to stay awake to study most of the time. As a result, I adapted to a lifestyle of staying awake most nights.

So here I am at 11:40 pm., just minutes to midnight, lying in bed, writing in this community for the first time, in response to the prompt “How would you convince an early sleeper to stay awake at Midnight?” Convincing someone to move from a routine of being an Early sleeper to staying awake is actually a difficult job to do, this is because it is difficult for one’s body system to adjust easily after days of constantly doing a particular routine.

During my university days, I was a full-time Midnight owl. I even go to school for night classes and this prompt just reminded me of times when I tried convincing my friend who isn’t a midnight owl or night reader to stay awake at night or even follow me to school for night reading.

Most times it takes consistency, I would sometimes bring up the topic and tell her why she needs to stay awake at midnight. It took a lot of convincing and telling her the importance of reading at night. I told her how midnight activities are more productive and peaceful compared to the noise that distracts you during the daytime and she would find it difficult to do a lot. Even if it took days of convincing, I was able to convince her and the first time she gave it a shot, it wasn’t easy for her as she was battling to stay awake, but with time she turned into a midnight owl as we both started going to Night classes together.

Another way I will convince an early sleeper to stay awake is by telling them we should do a movie night. This reminds me of someone who loves movies but once it is 8 pm he is already in bed, he doesn’t do late-night walks, tries to be home early as well because he moves with the “early to bed, early to rise”. If I were to convince this person to stay awake at midnight, I would use a movie night simply because it aligns with the fact that he loves movies a lot.

So, I think convincing an early sleeper to stay awake might be difficult but tailoring the reason why you need them to be awake to their personality could be an easy route to get them awake. Well, it’s okay not to force it on them if they don’t agree to it, as everyone has their routines and what they feel works for them.

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