Question: I’m on a 2am -2pm ‘night time’ I will generally sleep for 6-8 hours or so between 2am or 2pm. This is fine for me it genuinely does not bother me in anyway.
What bothers me is everyone assuming that I must want to sleep at a ‘normal time’ I could care less. This is what works for me and what has worked for me since I can remember pretty much, with the only problem being when people demand that I be places in the morning (I’ve lost two jobs because of that so far). When left to my own devices I’m absolutely fine it’s when you flipping daywalkers start insisting I conform to your wishes that the problems kick in.Any now it’s 8am for me now and thus bed time.. night night.

Answer: Hi Charley, thanks for sharing your frustration. I feel ya. In no way is a delayed sleep phase inherently bad. It works wonderfully for many people, and in fact, I imagine many of the world’s greatest discoveries were made late in the candle-burning hours of the night by minds that were alert and focused thanks to the benefits of a delayed sleep phase. It’s when these late hours conflict with societal demands that call for us to be awake in the morning that the debilitating effects of sleep deprivation make a delayed phase a tough thing to have.I’ve written about this elsewhere on the site, including once here, and I’ve included a little excerpt from there at the end of this message.Perhaps a good way to avoid having to deal with the conformity pressures is to strive to create as much personal freedom for yourself outside the system as you can. I think to a large degree I mean financial freedom here–the freedom to live well without having to settle in and work a job with hours that doesn’t work with your preferred sleep schedule. I’ve found success the last few years in my effort to do this using a website-building suite of tools called SBI (this site is built using SBI technology). If you like you can check it out and get more info here.

Thanks for your question and good luck,
Kevin