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People Who Stay Awake on Weeknights Are Probably More Interesting…
In my first blog post, as in the first one written after actually deciding to have a blog, at the time in both English and Romanian and on three different platforms, so not including the old posts that were originally posted on Kiwibox, I was saying that real life is lived at night. And I wasn’t, and am not, referring to an active nightlife, but to inner life, deep thoughts and discussions, creativity, moments that matter, whether in solitude or alongside those one is close to. And I found myself thinking about that again recently, and maybe going further, since that post was just a personal one.
I think that people who regularly stay awake at home during weeknights are far more likely to be more interesting, more worth knowing, more worth paying attention to. Obviously not all of them, and there are often very mundane or, worse, infuriating and harmful reasons for such behavior, but the chances seem far better on average. After all, they’re already different from most in one obvious way, they’re far less likely to be engaged in the daily grind, or at least in the part that has to do with regular work hours, or school hours for the young ones, and they’re more likely to avoid the rush and cacophony of the world. While once again stressing that this can’t be taken as a general rule, and that even quite a number of those who do fit this description do so in negative ways, I do believe that far more of them have rich inner lives, minds capable of deep thought and creativity, and seek close, intimate relationships, though some may also actually desire solitude. Sure, I’m likely also biased, but I do believe that these people should be more valued and listened to, though care must also be taken to avoid pulling them into the daily grind, out of their chosen environment and the mindset and behavior patterns that allow them to be as they are.