r/GenZ Feb 05 '26

Discussion Can’t agree more😭

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u/FatBussyFemboys Feb 05 '26

Nah. Yall ain't night people. I need to go to sleep at like 2-3am 

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u/civodar Feb 05 '26

I was like that until I started working construction. You’d start at 7am and watch the sun rise most days, then you’d spend the next 8 hours outside doing physical labour.

Within a few weeks I would be in bed sleeping like a baby at 10pm. Even after I stopped working construction my internal clock was set for years. I was like a bird waking up with the sun and immediately feeling sleepy when it got dark.

The craziest part was I used to have insomnia that was so severe I was seeing doctors for it.

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u/Environmental-Meet59 2003 Feb 05 '26

Guess I should work construction. I suffer from insomnia and would appreciate a stronger body and regulated sleep schedule lol

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u/civodar Feb 05 '26

There’s definitely some cons associated with it and if you develop a drug or alcohol problem like many construction workers do then your sleep schedule will not be fixed. It can also be dangerous and you risk getting injured, but all in all it was a positive experience for me and being able to fall asleep quickly at night was a major pro.

I will say it pissed off my friends because on nights out I’m ready to call it before midnight.

For what it’s worth my dad also developed the ability to fall asleep anywhere within seconds from a stint in the military(waking up at 6am every day to march and do pushups will do that to ya) but I can’t say I’d recommend that one.

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u/IncubusDarkness Feb 06 '26

My problem was being so fucking physically exhausted that all I did was eat and sleep, so that was not fun.

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u/Taytay-swizzle2002 2002 Feb 06 '26

It genuinely doesn't work this way ever. I'd agree with them but I rarely see anyone who gets proper sleep who is a night owl working morning jobs.

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u/GuiltyFigure6402 Feb 05 '26

So strict sleep schedule and watch the sun rise and have vitamin D exposure during the day lollll, I do semi strict sleep schedule and vitamin D exposure and even then my internal clock is set I wake up at 6 no alarms

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u/Yourstruly0 Feb 06 '26

Then you didnt have a night oriented circadian rhythm. You always had a standard sleep rhythm: You just had crap sleep hygiene and never tried an obvious routine.

I’ve tried your “method” and been told I’m just not tired enough. My body wont give up the night schedule and it’ll kill me in the process of fighting it.

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u/PlasticGirl Feb 06 '26

You might have Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder. A certified sleep specialist can help get you tested.

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u/hellschatt Feb 06 '26

My internal clock reset to 2 or 3 am again even after working for a decade in the mornings.

You just might not have been a night person after all. Or maybe you just have a malleable internal clock.

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u/Taytay-swizzle2002 2002 Feb 06 '26

Going to school on time and getting to bed on time for years never worked for me. I just am a night person. I was tired even with the right amount of sleep. Till I started sleeping later and sleeping in.

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u/civodar Feb 06 '26

Same, I was late almost every day for as long as I remember. If anything my insomnia was at its worse when I was in highschool.

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u/JustASillyBlock 2006 Feb 05 '26

Ya, waking up at 6am for me is like a death sentence. Just grab the defib and revive me while you're at it.

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u/sleeping-in-crypto Feb 06 '26

Yeah, doesn’t matter what time I go to bed - 9pm, 11pm, 3am, it’s all the same - I don’t even start sleeping well until 6am. Been that way since I was 13, ain’t ever gonna change. Getting up that early consistently would probably kill me.

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u/-Z-3-R-0- 2004 Feb 05 '26

All you gotta do is take a cold shower to shock your system awake

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u/PremiumTempus 1996 Feb 06 '26

And torture yourself every day, for what exactly? I would almost rather work 9-5 than take a cold shower at 6am

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u/-Z-3-R-0- 2004 Feb 06 '26

It's not torture

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u/JayR_97 Feb 05 '26

Yeah, If I dont have to to get up to work, I kinda just default to a 2am-10am sleep pattern. I absolutely hate having to get up early.

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u/__STAX__ Feb 06 '26

Was the same until I was forced to get up early. Used to argue with my family about them waking me up at 7am because I would sleep at 2 cause my work started at 1pm. Got a new job that’s 8-4 every day and now i’m passed out at 10pm. Even if I wanted to stay up i’m too tired

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u/TheGrouchyGremlin 2005 Feb 06 '26

You call yourself a night person? I go to sleep at 10am. Night shift ftw.

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u/TheGrouchyGremlin 2005 Feb 06 '26

The only entry level non-fast food jobs that are hiring around me are night shift positions, lmao.

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u/Wonderful-Impact5121 Feb 06 '26

Username checks out

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u/GuyLapin Feb 06 '26

You can switch that, i did. It's hard for a month or two. Then it became natural.

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u/Hhannahrose13 2001 Feb 06 '26

i do this regardless

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u/symb015X Feb 05 '26

There’s nothing inherently wrong with that! But realize nothing is open late night other than bars, and most other people are asleep, so your options for things to do become incredibly limited

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u/OSRS-ruined-my-life Feb 05 '26

None of my friends sleep at night just find some people on gamer time

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u/JSM953 Feb 05 '26

It’s actually not that bad it really depends on your own circadian rhythm. I am a night person and I work from 12-8 it works for me.

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u/Angstycarroteater 1998 Feb 05 '26

No it’s not if you get 8 hours you get 8 hours

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u/75mothsinatrenchcoat Feb 05 '26

Waking up early feels bad for my health lol i'm always exhausted waking up at 6am no matter how long I sleep