Night Owl: Living For Every Moment

The night lovers tend to be the seekers, the dreamers, the writers, the lovers, and the progressive thinkers. Things tend to make more sense inside the quieter hours." Victoria Erickson 

This is my tip jar.

Maybe its a good thing that I'm mostly a night owl rather than an early bird. For those of you who aren't sure what I mean by this, I'll explain what the differences are how they effect humanity. A night owl is basically a person who functions better and is more awake in evenings and into the early hours of the morning. Night owls tend to rise late and stay awake until late at night. For most night owls being asked to rise early can be painful, and we struggle to function properly as our minds are still fighting through the fog of sleep. Even when I've gone to bed early, I've often been unable to sleep until late and rising early means I don't get enough sleep.

Whilst, on the other hand, an early bird is a person who is the opposite of a night owl. An early bird is most awake in the mornings and will get up quite early, even on their days off, They function best in the morning and some even find that the night owls are wasting the fresh morning hours when the day is just beginning by sleeping in late. The early bird will go to bed early and rise early.

Since I'm a night owl, working in a bar is a good thing because I'm usually very much awake when I'm working, as my shifts generally run between 3pm to 11pm (with an odd 12pm to 8pm). Because of the time needed to get home and unwind, I won't often go to bed until really late (around 1:30 in the morning). Because I also need a good, long night's sleep I don't end up getting out of bed until pretty late in the morning.

Even though I'm a night owl, I do love my sleep. I have been something of an insomniac, out of choice, but that was years ago and I've come to love sleeping. I enjoy going to bed, I enjoy knowing that my body is getting rest when I'm curled up in my comfortable bed, next to my incredible husband. I've been trying to make sure that I go to bed around the same time as he does, as I want my sleeping patterns to be very similar to his. He often waits up for me to get home from work as we sometimes spend time together before going to bed, depending on how late it is when I get in. Working at Travelodge and having to go to home late at night, does mean that I would love to have my driver's license (and a car), but at the minute, we have other financial priorities, rather than getting my provisional driver's license and lessons, etc. I would love to have the freedom to drive, but God knows and has a plan, I'm sure, in regards to me getting my licence.

It's at night, in the late evenings, when the most inspiration comes my way. I've often lay down to sleep and then crawl out of bed because I've had some sort of inspiration. Its been difficult because I also love my sleep and often Andy's already in bed when my inspiration hits, so it can be rather tricky trying to make sure that I don't wake him up when I'm sitting at my desk writing down, in my journal, whatever type of inspiration ends up hitting me. Often I'll end up sitting in bed with my lamp on, journaling (more on that in another post) or I'll return to my desk to write. My writing desk is upstairs in the bedroom, but I'm thinking about moving again to find somewhere in the flat where I can write without disturbing Andy when he's having his own time alone, or if he's trying to sleep. I don't like disturbing him. I do love my man.

Until next time my friends!

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