Confessions of a sleep procrastinator

(Written by Chitra )

(Pre-scriptum : Justification
I have always been a night owl, long before joining architecture. In my schooldays I slept around  1 which was not a normal thing for a school kid. Then during 12^th I sat up till 2 am mostly, and architecture, finally ended up giving me a legitimate reason to stay up late. Those who sincerely care more about sleep do sleep more than I do  )

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STORY OF A SLEEP PROCRASTINATOR 

its almost 6.30 am, I just had my breakfast and now I am lying on my bed. Most of you don’t see anything abnormal about my story so far but you see there is a part of this story that is not so normal. Its called ‘ pulling an all-nighter ‘. Now why would anyone in their right sense of mind pull an all-nighter and then lie down in their bed and start typing up the content for an article ? I mean, people can pull all-nighters but doing something productive afterwards is not a possible thing is it ? Now I probably got you thinking that I had work last night and that kept me up, and I am trying not to fall asleep so I can go to college or something.  But no ! Let me break your line of thought right there. I have no solid or liquid or even a gaseous state of a reason to pull this all-nighter.

(Note : It is considered an all-nighter if you do not sleep till 5am)

 I simply didn’t sleep.  Ever since study holidays started I spent my time doing NOTHING. NOTHING  AT ALL. My friends have been making art works, sketching, painting, studying, travelling, redeeming themselves. I think my redemption is doing nothing. Unlike my friends I do enjoy doing nothing.

I haven’t done anything productive for the last 7Days. In the last 24hrs I watched 3 films,  Played with my guitar and even played Farmville on Facebook ! (last time I played FV was probably 3 years ago.)
and spent the rest of the time passionately staring at my bedroom wall. (no, its blank.)

They say it takes 23 days routine to set up your biological clock. Me, I never liked routine. Living the life of a student architect, routine escalated from being boring to being impossible to have. At this point I actually started missing routine.

 In the last 2 and a half years, my body has grown to adapt, to change to cope with this crazy lifestyle that I follow here. Now don’t you try and tell me ‘its not that bad!’ let me assure you during the final submission days, over 90% of my classmates have at least once came to studio without brushing their teeth!

NOTE :  sleep procrastination is NOT Insomnia. Our brains wont let us go to bed.

 It is not that we do not like sleep it is just that we find just about everything else more interesting.

CONFESSIONS :

 I HAVE TAKEN A NIGHT OUT READING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LOBOTOMY.  

You see, at around 3 am I became amazingly curious about lobotomy, for no apparent reason.  I just had to spent the next 4 hours researching on lobotomy. I JUST HAD TO. The end result was a realisation that people not necessarily become vegetables after getting a Lobotomy.

I HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST ONE ALL-NIGHTER  WATCHING ‘ KIDS REACT’  ON YOUTUBE. 

I HAVE TAKEN AN ALL-NIGHTER  WATCHING THE LIFE STORY OF ‘ELLEN’ ON YOU TUBE.

I HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST ONE  ALL-NIGHTER  READING CYANIDE AND HAPPINESS COMICS AND 9GAG MEMES.

I HAVE TAKEN AN ALL-NIGHTER  READING INSPIRATIONAL SCIENCE STORIES.

I HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST ONE ALL-NIGHTER  WATCHING MUSIC VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE.

I HAVE TAKEN ALL-NIGHTERS DIGGING UP INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES.

I HAVE TAKEN ATLEAST  10 ALL-NIGHTERS BY JUST TALKING TO MY FELLOW SLEEP PROCASTINATORS.

I HAVE BEEN TALKED INTO, AND I HAVE TALKED PEOPLE INTO SLEEP PROCASTINATION.

 FACTS ABOUT A SLEEP PROCASTINATOR :

1)We are classic night owls. We can sleep at any time other than the night time. 

2) If you ask us nicely we would stay up the whole night with you. No problem.

3) We find the first rays of sunshine and the chirping sounds of the birds to be the perfect lullabies.

4) We, simply are not Morning people. Even if we sleep at 8.00pm in the evening, waking up before 8.00 am is torturous. 

                 

5)we are the kind of people who think sleeping after drinking a refreshing cup of tea in the morning is the best feeling in the world.

6) You wake  a sleep procrastinator up before 7.00 am regardless of the time they went to sleep, they will be pissed , depressed, short tempered, puke-ish , and murderous.

7)Most sleep procrastinators find it more comfortable to have breakfast after pulling an all-nighter than eating breakfast after waking up. (If we have a proper breakfast, and not a brunch, chances are we didn’t sleep that night. )

8)Sleeping more than 6 hours a day reduces our productivity.

9) we are at our happiest and best moods from 10pm-5am

10) Sleeping 7 hours every day for a week makes us feel guilty.

                               

PS : sleep procrastination in most cases is a result of force of habit. If you are a sleep procrastinator, chances are , you are a Student Architect !

PPS :Quoting the internet 

“The quality of your sleep directly affects the quality of your waking life, including your mental sharpness, productivity, emotional balance, creativity, physical vitality, and even your weight.
If you’re getting less than eight hours of sleep each night, chances are you’re sleep deprived. What’s more, you probably have no idea just how much lack of sleep is affecting you.”

               

 A moment of silence for the dark circles, the stoned look and the red eyes and for the morning sickness.