Having a bed time is over rated

Each night at about 9:30 I say to myself "Self, you MUST be in bed by 10:30 AT THE LATEST tonight." I say back "Of course I will be. What, do you think I'm stupid or something?" So I do a little this and that, and then look at the clock and what do you know ITS 10:30! I rush down stairs to my room in a panic and get ready for bed. When I am finally ready, I look at the clock and its 11:40. I fall asleep dreading the morning. In the morning is when I curse all of existence for my stupidity in staying up late! One thought is running through my head; "Never Again, NEVER AGAIN!" Why do I do this to myself? That is my question and I'm determined to find an answer.


I've been analyzing it for a while and here is what I've come up with. One reason I procrastinate bed time is because of the effort I have to put into it. At night I am tired and when I'm lazy. Being lazy is not good if you need to put effort into something. A solution to this is to get ready for bed when I'm not tired which is at like 3:00. I don't think that's going to work. Another solution is to just do it anyway. Though this solution will work, it would be hard. I guess this will be a work in progress.

Another reason is that I like to read too much. Often at 9:30 I'll read a book. This is bad because when I start to read a good book, I'm not satisfied until I am finished. It is really hard for me to put my book down and even harder to get to sleep with the story racing around in my head. I think there are three solutions to this. Solution #1 is to stop reading books. I really don't think this solution will work for me because without my books, I'll shrivel up and die. At least my insides will. Solution # 2 is to read shorter books. This one might work, but a lot of the books I like are really long. Solution # 3 is to set a time limit. This one will work, but will take a lot of self control on my part. Maybe I'll work on this problem some more.

The final reason I procrastinate bed time is the fact that I procrastinate homework. I wait till the night before it is due to finish it most of the time. Homework and I don't get along too well. There one or two things I can do to fix this. One is to not do my homework and flunk out of school. The other is to exercise my self control and do it earlier. I think that the self control route would be in my best interest.

So I guess the solution is obvious. I just need some more self control. I can do it. (Starting right after I finish this essay at 10:30 the night before it is due. )