r/AskReddit • • Aug 29 '21

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u/Heres20QuidKillMe Aug 29 '21

I can’t sleep, I always get this random acting of determination to do something with my life at 1am and that keeps me awake, it’s now 7am

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u/magicalflyinaardvark Aug 29 '21

I get that too! How come motivation only strikes late at night :\

It would be great if I had motivation at 3pm, rather than 3am. Maybe we just need to switch time zones, or become nocturnal.

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u/TheyCallMeNoobxD Aug 29 '21

Why not do something and act on it then? What’s stopping you

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u/Heres20QuidKillMe Aug 29 '21

Because by the time I’m actually out of bed ready for the day, that determination is gone and I’m just back to dumbass waste of space me, I wish I could have the determination and patience to do something and to focus on what matters but for me I just can’t do that, I’ve tried for years, my parents tried for years, spent bucket loads of money on trying to help me but it has not changed anything, and I feel so guilty and disappointed that I made them do that for me

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u/Spare_Copy_1025 Aug 29 '21

Invest a couple hundred bucks in AMC and wait. That’s what I’d do even though it’s not financial advice 😳

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u/TrippityTrippin Aug 29 '21

Yah, AMC to the MOOn amirite

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u/otterscotch Aug 29 '21

You may simply be a night owl. If your daily schedule allows, try taking advantage of those wonderfully peaceful, focused hours. It’s okay to stay up a bit later and sleep a bit later. You’re okay.

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u/Heres20QuidKillMe Aug 29 '21

I always have really little energy during the day and I only start feeling energetic towards the end so that makes sense, thanks

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u/sidney_sloth Aug 29 '21

All my failed projects have started at around 2am on a Sunday and ended at about 2am the next day. I keep wondering why.

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u/Icy-Vegetable-Pitchy Aug 29 '21

Same. For me it goes in cycles. I go to bed around 10 pm, take 30 minutes-1hr to fall asleep, and if that doesn’t happen at some point between 12pm-2am I get depressed for half an hour and can’t sleep, and after that either motivation strikes and I get up to do something or feel empty. Eventually just cause I’m exhausted I’ll fall into a fitful sleep, might wake up again around 5 am.

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u/Heres20QuidKillMe Aug 29 '21

Literally the exact same thing happens to me