[WE - 178] Sleeping Late at Night is Not My Habit, but I Do It Every Once in a While as Part of My "Me Time."

Mom is always strict when it comes to my sleeping habits. They sleep early, and because of that, I had no choice but to sleep early too, even though I wanted to sleep late. There are things that are fun to do at night, especially watching or reading a manhwa.

But I can't do that freely because Mom will always nag at me. She will also start saying what I can get if I sleep late, like getting sick, bla bla bla. It's annoying sometimes, but I have no choice but to follow because they will turn off the light.

Our room has just a divider, so they will know if I am using my phone. What irks me the most is that I'm already old, but they treat me like a four-year-old kid. Like, come on Mom, I'm almost 30! Lol. They actually caught me a lot of times using my phone at night while watching anime series, and I received a long nagging because of that, lol, but I still do it anyway. And I just got a bright idea one day and applied it even today, it's a genius idea with very big consequences, lol. A genius idea? More like the shittiest idea, lol.

So this is how I do it. For me not to get caught anymore, I will fold my blanket so it will become thicker. Then I will hide myself in there while watching or reading a manhwa. But before that, I have to check first if there's a light coming in my blanket, and if there's none, then I will watch or read to my heart's content, or just until I start to feel sleepy.

To be honest, it's hard to do this every night because I don't have my own electric fan, and me hiding on the blanket is a bad idea because it is so hot inside. But I still do it anyway, for the love of reading or watching. Aside from that, reading or watching in dark places is bad for the eyesight. Yes, I know that much, but what to do? I really can't help it. See, it's really the shittiest idea, no? Lol?

Although my mother supports me in my blogging journey, and they know that is the reason why I am always on my phone all day, but it's different at night, well that's what they knows, and it's true, but I also spend time doing things I like because why not right. I know that they are just concerned for me, but I feel more suffocated because of that. I hate that I can't do things freely, especially at night. I sometimes listen to them, but most of the time I still choose to sleep late because I don't want to miss the good part of reading or watching.

I've been doing this for a long time now (not everyday though) but have to stop because of my eyesight problem. Yes, I just stop doing it because I realize that I love my eyes and I don't want to get blind, because, you know, But I still do it if I want to finish a series. And to be honest, sleeping late for me is just until 10 p.m., and the maximum is at midnight like 11 something or 12.

We usually sleep at 8 or 7:30, and then at 5am, we will already be preparing to open the sari-sari store. So imagine starting at 8 p.m., and if I decided to go to sleep at 10 p.m., I'd already spent 2 hours just reading and watching, and that's plenty enough already. That's where I will decide to stop.

And yes, and the best time to sleep late is on the weekend because my oldies can wake up a little late because, you know, it's the weekend and it's the best day for rest. That's the only time they can be a little lazy. They can sleep longer than usual, so the same for me. Although most times, no matter how late I sleep, my body clock has already gotten used to my wake up time that my eyes will automatically open. But, even so, I can just lay on my bed and wait for my oldies to get up on the bed, and then that's when I will follow and get up too.

And with that, we can also open the store late. It is also during the weekend that I sleep late, even reaching the maximum time of my sleeping time, which is at midnight. Even if I sleep that late and wake up at 5:30 or 6 a.m., at least I am still able to sleep for 5 hours. That's plenty, and I don't have to experience a headache, which I only experienced when I only had 3 to 4 hours of sleep.

Although sleeping late is really bad for our body, it really can't be helped, especially when we are having a hard time sleeping at night. Or it is only at night that we can enjoy our day the most after a long and tiring day at work or even at school. It is only at night that we can have our "me time," which helps us stop thinking about other things and keep our eyes open even though we badly want to sleep already.