Night Reality Wake-Up

Are you more of a night or morning person?
Jet Pack prompt 12/2/25

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep. But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.” (Robert Frost)

By force of habit, being a night person for me is out of the question at this point of my life. You see I’m a high energy person who likes to get things done as early as possible in a timely fashion. So if my mind’s cluttered up by unresolved tasks happening during the day, I tend to lose quality time and precious sleep at night overthinking about such lingering issues hanging over my life.

In this regard, I think back to my time spent as an Adjunct Professor, when night classes were all that universities could normally offer me at the time. This nocturnal teaching routine did not seem normal for me then as I endured so much uncertain idleness in the day waiting for the evening classes to begin. To compensate for such lack of daytime activity, I often isolated myself from others as my mind seemed blindly focused more on what I’d be doing in the classroom each night. In turn, when I returned home in those late hours around midnight, the excitement “buzz” of each class cluttered my mind thereupon interfering with sound sleep.

So as a satisfied retiree nowadays, I take better control of my life knowing more about what will happen in the daytime. Such time stability has also heightened my interest in casual meetups with friends and family at breakfast or lunch. Now feeling more contented with this schedule, I can thereupon relax more for myself at night and just enjoy extended time watching sports, reading a book, playing music and allotting ample sleep time. One area I need to work on with regard to my day and night routines involves being more selective in time spent using my iPhone and iPad.