I have done all this and more. Done all the stupid advice you get from everyone who was simply a morning person living an irresponsible life but then grew up, hired professionals, and even tried prescription drugs for a period of time.
It is not totally doable. It just makes fitting into the economic world slightly less shitty.
I yearn for retirement not so I can stop working, but so I can finally get a full “night” worth of sleep and wake up with a clear mind for the first time since my 20s when I worked a night shift. It’s been decades of being rather miserable.
Not everyone is built for the current world, and the gatekeepers all apparently seem to be morning people who despise night folks.
Waking up is the easy part. Having your brain engage to full power is the hard bit. I will get 8-9 hours of sleep and still spend the whole day groggy until the evening, and then my mental energy and motivation really kicks in around 9pm or so. But then it’s time to wind down.
Vacations for me are just taking a week off so I can go back to my natural sleeping patterns and do personal projects at 4am.
It is not totally doable. It just makes fitting into the economic world slightly less shitty.
I yearn for retirement not so I can stop working, but so I can finally get a full “night” worth of sleep and wake up with a clear mind for the first time since my 20s when I worked a night shift. It’s been decades of being rather miserable.
Not everyone is built for the current world, and the gatekeepers all apparently seem to be morning people who despise night folks.
Waking up is the easy part. Having your brain engage to full power is the hard bit. I will get 8-9 hours of sleep and still spend the whole day groggy until the evening, and then my mental energy and motivation really kicks in around 9pm or so. But then it’s time to wind down.
Vacations for me are just taking a week off so I can go back to my natural sleeping patterns and do personal projects at 4am.