On Preferring To Be A Night Owl

Amina Rashid
1 min readJun 23, 2021

If I want to take my daily antipsychotic pill at sunrise/ 24 hours instead of at nightfall because taking it at nightfall sabotages my plans for spending some time w/ myself at night, then I should be let to do so.

What difference does it make if I take a pill needed to be taken once a day at sunrise everyday or at nightfall? What difference does it make other than sabotaging my daily goal to be able to pray all my five prayers on time including the pre-dawn one?

Which I can’t do if I sleep at nightfall cause hey people. Waking up to pray before sunrise is a challenge and the hack I’ve found to overcome that challenge is to stay up after nightfall until sunrise and sleep during the day. That way, I am able to pray morning prayer on time na.

Please understand, dearest (and a li’l dumb) adults out there. The world’s shifting. We’re heading towards the slow but sure formation of two supercontinents. And you’re all still adamant on being as controlling as you once used to be able to get by being.

About time you suck it up and let the youth sleep and wake up at times that work best for their INDIVIDUAL SELVES. About time you mind your own business and let others mind theirs. Simple.

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Amina Rashid

I mainly write on my profile @aminarashid2005 on FB & IG. Topics include Self, Life, Relationships, Mental Illness, Culture, Society, Well-being, Education etc.