Studying LATE at night (the secret to success?)
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the speaker shares a personal experiment of staying up late until 3 or 4 a.m. to be productive during the quiet hours. They discuss the concept of 'chronotype', explaining how genetics influence our natural sleep patterns. While acknowledging the societal preference for morning people, they explore the benefits and challenges of being a night owl, including increased focus during late-night hours and the difficulty of adapting to a schedule not designed for them. The speaker concludes by emphasizing the importance of personal experimentation with different routines to find what works best for individual productivity, rather than blindly following prescriptive advice.
Takeaways
- π The speaker experimented with staying up late until 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. to be productive during the late-night hours, similar to the early morning productivity culture.
- π They found that late-night hours can offer a unique focus and energy for getting work done, especially when the world is asleep.
- π The concept of 'night owls' and 'morning larks' is scientifically proven, with genetics determining when individuals are naturally more alert.
- π Historically, different sleep patterns evolved to ensure that there were always people awake to protect early human communities.
- π’ Modern society is structured around morning routines, which can be challenging for 'night owls' who naturally prefer to stay up late.
- π There is a societal misconception that waking up late or staying up late equates to laziness, despite individuals getting the same amount of sleep.
- π The speaker admits that early morning hours can be more focused and productive, but also believes there's an advantage to staying up late for some people.
- π Long-term, staying up late might not be sustainable due to societal expectations and the need for sunlight and a regular sleep schedule.
- π Lack of sunlight and a disrupted sleep schedule can negatively impact mental health, making waking up late feel worse.
- π The constant awareness of having to work late at night can create stress and prevent relaxation during the day.
- π However, the lack of distractions during late-night hours can lead to heightened focus and productivity for those who are naturally inclined to be night owls.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video script?
-The main topic of the video script is the experiment of staying up late to be productive and the concept of 'night owls' versus 'morning larks', including the advantages and disadvantages of this lifestyle.
What is the term used to describe people who naturally prefer to sleep late and wake up late?
-The term used is 'night owls', which is part of the concept of 'chronotype'.
What does the speaker suggest is a possible advantage of staying up late?
-The speaker suggests that staying up late can lead to increased focus and productivity during the late-night hours when the world is asleep.
According to the speaker, why might modern society not be well-suited for night owls?
-Modern society is structured around the schedules of morning people, with typical work and school hours starting early in the day, which can make it difficult for night owls to adapt.
What is the speaker's view on the idea of waking up early being a sign of productivity?
-The speaker acknowledges that there is a cultural perception that waking up early is a sign of productivity, but they argue that productivity is not something that can be prescribed to everyone and that staying up late can also be productive for some.
What is the disadvantage mentioned by the speaker regarding staying up late in the long run?
-The disadvantage mentioned is that staying up late is not sustainable in the long run due to societal structures and the need for sunlight and a regular sleep schedule.
What does the speaker suggest as a potential positive aspect of working late at night?
-The speaker suggests that working late at night can be beneficial for those who are naturally more alert during those hours, allowing them to focus better and get more done.
What does the speaker mean by 'monk mode' in the context of the video?
-By 'monk mode', the speaker is referring to an intense period of focus and productivity, such as working on a book or preparing for exams, during late-night hours.
What advice does the speaker give regarding trying different productivity methods?
-The speaker advises viewers to be their own science experiment, trying different methods to see what works best for them individually, rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach.
What is the speaker's conclusion about staying up late for productivity?
-The speaker concludes that while staying up late can be beneficial for short-term productivity, it is not a sustainable long-term solution due to its impact on sleep schedules and societal norms.
What does the speaker suggest about the importance of sunlight for night owls?
-The speaker suggests that even though they are a night owl, sunlight is important for everyone's well-being, implying that adapting to a lifestyle that includes sunlight exposure might be healthier.
Outlines
π Embracing the Night Owl Productivity
The speaker shares their recent experiment of staying up late until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. to be productive during the quiet late-night hours. They compare this to the common advice of waking up early and suggest that for some, late-night productivity might be more effective due to fewer distractions and a unique focus that can be achieved during these hours. The speaker also references the concept of 'chronotype', explaining how genetics can influence when individuals are naturally most alert, and how society's structures often favor morning people, potentially disadvantaging night owls.
π Weighing the Pros and Cons of Late-Night Productivity
The speaker delves into the disadvantages of staying up late long-term, noting the misalignment with societal norms and the potential negative impact on mental health due to disrupted sleep schedules and lack of sunlight. They acknowledge that while it can lead to increased productivity, especially for those naturally inclined to be night owls, it may not be sustainable for everyone. The speaker also touches on the societal perception of late risers as lazy, contrasting it with the productivity that can be achieved during late-night hours.
π Finding Personal Productivity Protocols
The speaker concludes by emphasizing the importance of personal experimentation to find what works best for each individual, rather than blindly following productivity advice that may not suit everyone. They reflect on their own experiences with different sleep patterns and the need to adapt to societal expectations while acknowledging the benefits of both early mornings and late-night productivity. The speaker encourages viewers to consider trying out late-night work sessions if they align with their chronotype but also to be aware of the challenges and the need to reset sleep schedules accordingly.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Productivity
π‘Chronotype
π‘Night Owl
π‘Morning Lark
π‘Societal Expectations
π‘Mental Health
π‘Experiment
π‘Sustainability
π‘Diet
π‘Sunlight
π‘Personal Experiment
Highlights
Experimenting with staying up late as a productivity method.
Contrasting the late-night productivity culture with the early morning productivity culture.
The personal experience of staying up until 3:00 a.m. or 4:00 a.m. to get work done.
The concept of 'chronotype' and its impact on sleep and productivity.
Matt Walker's insights on how genes determine your natural sleep time.
Evolutionary reasons for different sleep patterns in human history.
Modern society's alignment with morning-oriented schedules and the challenges it poses for night owls.
The societal misconception of late risers being lazy or unproductive.
The potential for increased focus and productivity during late-night hours.
The disadvantages of long-term late-night work on mental health and sleep schedules.
The idea of using late-night hours for 'monk mode' or intense periods of focused work.
The importance of adapting to one's chronotype for optimal productivity.
The difficulty of night owls adapting to society's expectations and schedules.
The personal decision to switch from staying up late to waking up early for better societal alignment.
The caution against prescribing productivity methods to everyone, as they may not suit individual chronotypes.
Encouraging individuals to experiment with different productivity methods to find what works best for them.
The acknowledgment of the sleep deprivation and difficulty in resetting sleep schedules after late-night experiments.
A final note on the struggle of night owls in a society not designed for them, and the importance of sunlight for all.
Transcripts
so for the past week or so I've been
doing this experiment I've been staying
up really late I took advantage I've
been staying up really late till like
3:00 a.m. 4:00 a.m. and in those late
hours of the day I've been trying to be
really productive trying to stay focused
trying to get some serious work done in
like the past last 4 3 hours of the day
cuz you know how online there's is like
culture of like waking up really early
because you know the whole world is
asleep all your friends are asleep you
know wake up at 4 a.m. get everything
done before everyone wakes up this is
kind of the same thing but instead of
like waking up early and getting things
done when you first wake up this is like
sleeping late and getting things done
before you go to sleep so this was kind
of an experiment I did for the past week
and I do think for many people maybe not
like in the long run maybe not like
sustainably for a long time but for many
people this can actually be a really
great thing to do staying up late and
like you can get some serious stuff done
because just like waking up early the
whole world is asleep there's a
different kind of like energy a
different kind of like Focus that you
can achieve in these hours of the
morning when people are asleep so I'm
going to go through that in this video
and talk about like will this work for
you the advantage ages and the
disadvantages cuz you know for my whole
life I've experimented like waking up
and sleeping at different times like in
high school there were periods where I
would wake up at like 4:00 a.m. you know
that's I think that was the earliest I
ever woke up actually there was there
was a period where I was literally
waking up at 12:00 a.m. I'm not even
kidding I would get home from school go
to sleep and wake up at 12:00 a.m. at
midnight so I've experimented with all
these things like for me like you know
during exam Seasons I would wake up
pretty early like 6:00 a.m. back in the
day but now I kind of wake up at a more
normal time you know I wake up around
you know early morning maybe 8:00 or
something that 700 maybe not 700 8 I'm
trying to wake up at 7:00 now I've also
gone through periods of like sleeping
really late I've always naturally been
like a late sleeper you know I like
staying up till like 2: a.m. 3:00 a.m.
and waking up a bit more later in the
morning cuz I mean there have been
successful people in history whove
actually stayed up late and achieved a
lot of their stuff staying up late like
I recently saw this podcast by this guy
called Tim Ferris he's a pretty
successful writer and he talked about
how a lot of his writing periods like a
lot of Seasons where he did a lot of his
writing he actually stayed up really
late to get that stuff done so I do
think it can actually be something that
can be actually used to your advantage
okay the first thing I want to mention
here in this video this thing I learned
about recently it blew my mind when I
first learned about this this was crazy
so I used to think the the concept of
what I'm about to say I used to think it
was I used to think it was like
pseudo science like you know like star
signs or like you know astrology stuff
like that I used to think it was
complete like false but apparently it's
100% true it's like science proven so
recently I watched a podcast by this
sleep expert called Matt Walker and
basically you know the whole concept of
like night owls like how there's night
hours and morning locks like some people
just naturally sleep really late some
people just naturally wake up really
early this is called a chronotype and
apparently according to Matt Walker the
Sleep expert apparently this is 100%
true and completely proven apparently
your genes do determine when you
naturally are more alert and when you
naturally like go to sleep so the reason
for this apparently it's like humans
evolved to have these chronotypes to
sleep at certain times because for most
of human history we were living in these
hunter gatherer societies of like 100
200 300 people and you could imagine if
every single person slept at the same
time if everybody slept at 8:00 p.m. and
woke up at 5:00 a.m. then there would be
this period of like 9 hours where the
whole tribe would be asleep so you could
imagine how that was a massive
disadvantage so humans evolved to the
point where like you know some people
are sleeping at 8 some people are
sleeping at 10:00 some people are
sleeping at midnight so we got to this
point where there could always be people
awake protecting the others but the
unfortunate thing is modern society is
no longer like that we no longer need
these shifts of people being awake and
being asleep and the unfortunate thing
is society is designed around the
morning person I mean work is 9: to 5:
so going to work you have to be there at
9:00 a.m. school at least for me in high
school was at 7:00 a.m. bro so you know
I had to wake up at like 5:00 a.m. 6:00
a.m. just to go to school so Society is
designed around the morning person which
if you're a morning person that's great
that's fine but for night hours people
who naturally sleep past midnight they
get Society is not designed for
night hours at all so there are some
there are many people out there who are
naturally night hours and they struggle
to adapt to society to live to society
like they have to they they must but
it's difficult for them so and not only
that you know modern media modern the
culture currently in the world is that
people who wake up late people who sleep
really late are considered lazy they're
considered unproductive like bro if you
wake up at 4 a.m. you're a God you're a
king you're super productive you're you
know you're the top top person but if
you wake up late or sleep late you're
lazy you're unproductive you're you know
a drag to society but like the thing is
they're still getting the same amount of
sleep they're still staying up for the
same amount of time so what's the
difference between those two people now
actually here's the thing I will say
that there is something about these
morning hours like these hours when most
of society is asleep there is something
about those hours that is more like I
find I can be more focused more
productive during those hours if you've
ever tried to get work done past
midnight or like really early in the
morning you will realize that you can
actually get more done it's actually way
more efficient in those hours so I do
admit there is actually something
special about waking up early but what
about staying up late that's what I want
to go through in this video is there
also an advantage to being able to stay
up late cuz for some people like night
hours like me it could be more natural
to stay up late so I'm going to go
through the pros and the cons here of is
is it actually worth trying a period of
staying up late so this is kind of like
an experiment I did on myself so first
I'll go through the cons the
disadvantages of this so the first thing
want to say is doing this in the long
run is probably not sustainable cuz like
I said Society is designed around the
the the morning person so if you're
staying up to like 4:00 a.m. and waking
up really late every day it might work
for a couple weeks it might work for the
summer holidays but it's not going to
work when you when you've got a job it's
not going to work when you've got to go
to school so I don't think this is a
sustainable thing but I will go through
the cons and pros of doing it in the
short term so first the disadvantages
that they're pretty obvious it's going
to mess up your mental health I mean
like you're asleep for most of the Sumer
sunlight hours so you're not going to
get a lot of sunlight it throws off your
sleep schedule that's going to mess you
up your mental health you know you're
waking up late like I find when I wake
up late I just feel a lot worse cuz I'm
like bro the day is already gone I'm
waking up when the sun's like in the
middle of the sky like bro The Whole
World's already started I'm here I am
just getting out of bed it feels really
horrible like it does kind of mess you
up your mental health a little bit I
will admit also you know like
everything's going to be closed for the
majority of the time when you're awake
so you know although this is also an
advantage because you're aw wake when
people are asleep so you can kind of get
more focused on it but I'll talk about
that later but yeah like the obvious
thing is it's going to mess up your
mental health you're going to feel
really bad you're going to feel like
you're going to be getting less sunlight
it's going to mess up your sleep
schedule it is going to affect you
negatively it did affect me negatively
my mind my body everything but I did get
a lot of stuff done I will admit I did
get a lot of productive productivity
done uh the other disadvantage I will
say is if you're doing your hard work at
the end of the day then throughout the
day it's always going to be in the back
of your mind that you've got some
serious stuff to do at night you know
the day is reaching an end and instead
of being able to relax and chill for the
last part of your day you got to do your
work although to be honest you can see
this as a positive thing if you really
like working if you really like being
productive so I wouldn't consider this a
massive con okay the other obvious con
is if you're naturally a morning person
it will be very difficult for you to
stay up this late you're just going to
be so tired so dead so this video is
more towards the night hours the people
who naturally stay up late but if you're
not a night hourl that's fine stay stay
in this video watch this video cuz
there's going to be some interesting
insights for you as well so I'll go
through what I leared the pros of
actually staying up late so the first
thing I will tell you is yes the whole
world is asleep your friends are asleep
the whole world is asleep there are like
no distractions you can actually focus
and get much more stuff done I find like
I'm naturally just more focused more
alert for some reason in these really
early morning hours like I could focus
way better like I know it's technically
you could think like it's a placebo cuz
like you could just go on airplane mode
and stop their distractions right
technically you could say a place it's a
placebo but there's this kind of feeling
I don't know how to explain it unless
you try it you can't experience it but
you get this kind of feeling that like
everyone is asleep and you can just
focus better I really don't know how to
explain it you have to try it either
wake up early or stay up late and try to
get some stuff done and you'll agree
with me that there's this kind of like
energy permeating the the universe where
you can just focus better I don't know
how to explain it it just it's more
productive so 100% it's more productive
you can get some serious stuff done you
know how I would use this though is it's
more of like a monk mode kind of thing
more of like an intense period of a
couple weeks where you're like working
on something for example like let's say
you wanted to write a book you could
take a month of just staying up late and
writing that book or for me a lot of the
times during exam season I would
implement this for exams I would stay up
really late and get some stuff done so
it's up to you how you want to use this
say if you are a night out this can
actually take advantage of your
chronotype and help you focus a lot
better but you can go against your
corner type 100% if you are a night out
you can adapt to waking up early so I do
think waking up early this is what I'm
going to do I'm not going to do this
long term staying up late because like I
said you're offset from society it's not
sustainable because you got to go to
school you got to go to work you got to
meet people you got to get sunlight you
got to you got to be a member of society
so I am going to switch to waking up
early rather than staying up late but
this is the thing though for some people
they'll watch this video they'll hear
about the idea of staying up late and
they'll love it they'll be like bro this
is going to be my new life now they're
going to stay up late every day they're
going to get some serious stuff done in
the in the late hours of the day so this
is the other point I want to put up in
this video productivity being productive
is not something you can just prescribe
to everyone like it's a very common
online you know the advice of like wake
up at 4:00 a.m. wake up at 5:00 a.m. get
everything done be productive you know
do that you know productivity and many
things out there are prescriptive people
are telling everyone what to do you got
to do this you got to do this you got to
do this but the reality is you can't
really do that you can't tell you can't
have a general thing that applies to
everyone for example many people preach
the carnivore diet or the vegan diet or
some kind of diet and they're like bro
this diet is so good it helped me lose
weight it helped me stay focused I'm
sure it did I'm short the carnivore diet
helped this random guy lose 50 kg great
okay it worked for him but the thing is
it doesn't mean it's going to work for
everyone else and it doesn't mean that's
the only thing that works so that guy
tried one diet and he's preaching it
saying it it's the best diet in the
world what you need to do is you either
need to try every single diet or you
need to talk about the diet from like an
unbiased point of view so in this video
I'm talking about the advantages and
disadvantages of this night owl
experience and me I've tried all of them
I've tried waking up at different times
of the day so I'm giving my more you
know rounded perspective on this rather
than preaching to you that you must stay
up late or something cuz it's very easy
for me to say like oh yeah you must stay
up BL it's really productive but what
about the people who are not night hours
what about for the people who need to
adapt to society so this is not going to
apply for everyone productivity is not
something you can prescribe to everyone
so you got to be very careful with the
stuff you consume online many people
they'll talk with a lot of conviction
and they'll tell you like yeah you must
wake up early you must eat this diet you
must do this one thing because it worked
for me but doesn't mean it's going to
work for you doesn't doesn't mean it's
going to work for everyone doesn't mean
it's the only thing that works so you
need to take what looks interesting to
you and you need to be your own science
experiment you've got to take even the
stuff I talk about in this in my videos
you need to take stuff that looks
interesting to you and you need to
experiment you need to try in your own
life and design the protocols that work
for you try different things try
different protocols see what works for
you this is why in the past week I was
like okay I'm going to experiment
staying up late to see what it's like I
mean I used to do it back in the day
like many times I would naturally sleep
at like 3:00 a.m. 4:00 a.m. but I want
to experiment with it again to get
another perspective on it so I could
make a nice video on it to give you a
more like holistic perspective rather
than like preaching why you should stay
up late so I guess conclusion of this
video is you know it's up to you if you
want to try staying up late and see if
it works if you try it but I will say
the massive disadvantage is it will
your sleep schedule and it's going to
take you a while to get back on track to
your normal sleep schedule like I'm
pretty sleep deprived now because I'm
back to waking up early as I mean
back to waking up early and trying to
sleep early it's it's difficult to reset
your sleep schedule but you know it
might be worth it if you want to get
some serious stuff done in like a very
short amount of time consider it let me
know what you think in the video below
but yeah to all my night hours out there
we've been by Society man like I
don't know if I'm exactly a night hour
because I also really enjoy waking up
early so I'm I might be more of like a
rounded type of person but yeah if
you're a night hour man society's not
designed for us but I mean like you know
sunlight is good we all want to get
sunlight so I do think night owl is the
worst Chron type to have you know I'd
rather be someone who wakes up during
the hours when the sun is out cuz I like
the Sun but yeah anyway see you later
bro
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