Going Nocturnal

Forcing yourself to get up early in the morning is pointless- I keep on telling her. I’m not sure if I say this coz I actually DO feel strongly about this or do I say this coz I’d die for the look on my mother’s face when she hears me say “Good Morning” at 1 in the afternoon. “It ain’t Christmas or my birthday Ma!” and she gives me the look I find too amusing to resist.
Search Amazon and you have nearly 7000 book results on early rising. Google it and you get more than 69 Lac links. The number of articles written, bullet points given on this topic – countless. Well, if I throw some light on methods to get up early -they vary from creative to mundane.
Some of the funniest that I came across were:
>>Before retiring to bed have 2-3 glasses of water, your bladder will wake you up as early as 4 or 5.
>>Set any Metallica song as your alarm, it’ll work like a charm.
>>Give sonic Bomb alarm clock with Bed Shaker a chance, this alarm clock will wake you up in less than 5 sec. It’s louder than a jackhammer. If 113 decibels isn’t loud enough for you, you’d find this one even better- Screaming meanie 120 db alarm clock. (If u’re interested in buying one of these, drop me a mail)
Though my favorite is the one in which they suggest putting an alarm clock in your roomie’s underwear.Try , it works!
I can’t understand why I need to get up early in first place? What have I got to prove? If getting up early in the morning for walk or yoga is giving me sleepless nights, then the purpose doesn’t get fulfilled anyway.
Going for walk in the night instead at least prevents me from the hideous sight of pile of garbage lying down the street.
So here’s a part of my thesis on why you should get up late and not feel guilty the next time you come across an article or some book on early rising.
Reasons for Going Nocturnal!
1.Those who say that you save time by getting up early should read this– Each day you have 24 hrs, if you sleep for 6 hrs, you have 18 hrs left to do rest of your stuff, irrespective of when you sleep and when you wake up.
2.Toiling the night away while the rest of the world is peacefully asleep is such a beautiful feeling. So still and quiet (while your noisy neighbor is still asleep).
3.That look of the city bathed in yellow from your bedroom window at 3 in the morning is so serene. I would not miss the sight for anything.
4.There are few things on this earth as surreal as a late night jog through an otherwise crowded place. Go for a walk at 1 in the morning and you’ll know what I’m talking about. That is when I get the best of ideas.
5.If you think getting up early is natural, think again. It was perhaps 100 years ago that it made sense when sunlight was the only source of light and you had to get your work done during the daylight. (If you are reading this, your home/office has electricity!).
6.See, to get up early, you’ll need to sleep early; if you sleep early you miss out on all the exciting stuff that happen late night. If you know after having your dinner at 9.30 that you still have 3-4 hrs for leisure, it just opens up so many possibilities! Early to bed early to rise makes a man/woman miss out on the night life.;-)
7.Some of the best meals I’ve had have been the late night snacks. If you haven’t had Maggie at 3 in the morning after hours of slogging with books then you’ve been really missing out on something.
8.It has been scientifically proved that you are at your productive best when you work late at night. (Okay, not scientifically proved yet! but it will be! soon!). No distractions, no noise, no newspaper headlines to read. When you know that there’s nothing else between now and sleeping time except what you are working on, it’s like a time bomb ticking, so you are faster and more efficient.
9.If you’d sleep late, you’ll obviously get up late and that can be very very effective because you’ll do the boring/usual/essential stuff very quickly indeed. Helps you realize how good you can be in doing certain things certain way. Ever realized how much fun it is to get ready in a hurry?
10.Last but not the least- you end your day feeling content and happy that you did something meaningful and that too by burning the mid night oil. (Aah! I can already feel it!)
Cutting the long story short, getting up early might work for many but it ain’t my cup of tea. Getting up early should be preference issue and not a rule. So if next time somebody advices you to be an early bird, tell ‘em to Get a Life!