How I Would Convince a Friend to Become a Midnight Owl
There's this proverb that goes this way, “one man's food is another man's poison.” This figuratively means that what one enjoys, another might dislike. For me, I love staying awake till midnight and it's often productive for me. If I would have to convince an early sleeper to stay awake till midnight, then I would apply some strategies. First, offering the person food or items the person likes but only at midnight would definitely work out, bringing up interesting gists or movies just moments before the person sleeps and lots more.
Rather than just mentioning, I would take my roommate for instance. How would I convince my roommate to stay awake till midnight? Now, the first thing is understanding the person and gaining trust or else the person might feel like you have a weird plan of either depriving him of sleep or trying to influence him negatively. For someone like my roommate, I understand him, he's an early sleeper actually and to convince him to be a midnight owl like me, it's very simple.
Daniel loves Coke so much but he doesn't have money most times to get it. His parents only send him Capri-Sun and a few biscuits but my parents always give me Coke and biscuits too as snacks before leaving for school after every break. So in the dormitory, Daniel and I always do this exchange of Capri-Sun for Coke. So my first step to convincing Daniel to stay awake till midnight is giving him what he doesn't have but wants only at midnight, lol. For him to have my Coke he will have to stay awake with me while we watch a movie together till midnight.
It's often said that “opposite poles of a magnet attract.” This is sometimes similar for humans too. Daniel is attracted to Mary, one of the cutest girls in my department. Daniel is a shy guy though and most times needs my help to call Mary for him anytime he decides to talk with her. He also needs me to be among the discussion because I'm never out of points, lol. If need be for me to keep Daniel awake till midnight, then I would strike a deal with him to either stay awake till midnight or I would not help him get his crush close to him. He calls me his relationship advisor and will do anything for me to keep advising on how to finally get Mary to be his “official girlfriend.”
Daniel is actually a very close friend of mine and I wouldn't love to convince him to be a midnight owl all by denying some things, I would always speak to him like a friend. Telling him some of the things I enjoy during the night when I stay awake can make him feel he's been missing and would like to try it out. Daniel loves playing games with me during the day and we most times experience bad network, assuring him of the best network and better gameplay at midnight can also work out. Introducing Daniel to better night data plans which are cheaper can make him want to stay awake and take the advantage.
There are so many ways to convince an early sleeper to stay awake till midnight, it all boils to understanding the person.
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Telling Daniel may convince him and make him stay awake. Thanks for sharing.