I remember in 2018 or 2019, I can’t remember the specific year but that was when I started staying up late more frequently. Till this day I don’t know how it happened, how I started staying up late sometimes up till 5 am on my phone. The only thing that ever kept me up late close to that time was K-dramas. And then I wasn’t watching it alone so I barely paid attention to time passing or anything about the night in general.
Eventually when I started spending more time, alone, on my phone, I started noticing a lot of things. One, it was super quiet. ( no shit) two, I could actually hear my thoughts more clearly than I would in the day time, that is if I wasn’t so consumed by number three, which was discovering how much was on the internet and social media in particular. It was fun until I found a particular way to enjoy my midnights then. I read. Wattpad. I think I spent most of 2020 sleeping by 5am, no wonder my sleep schedule was so fucked up that year I still don’t feel like I’ve recovered.
Midnight was the best part of my night for a very long time, it was calm, extremely quiet and the books were interesting and the memes were funnier! It was great. I’m writing about this particular period is because my interpretation of how midnight was for me has changed.
Now, it’s that time I actually get to sit down with my thoughts and process everything, I’m barely on my phone, just enjoying the peace and quiet on good days when my mind isn’t clouded or starting 2 hour movies by 3 am or watching those Chinese high tech home appliance compilation videos or eat in bed surrounded by my favorite pillows watching instagram reel covering my mouth laughing trying not to wake everyone in the house. It’s sometimes a blissful night depending on what we’re thinking of lol but it’s still my best time of the day or night.
Until next time, Byeee. Stay curious.
These images are not mine.
