What Do You Do In The Middle Of The Night When You're Bored And Can't Sleep?

Canada
January 25, 2009 3:37am CST
I'm sitting here at the computer trying to make a few bucks, since I'm awake anyway. if time is money on sites like MyLot and Gather, I might as well make the most of the time that I am alert and ready to work. I just hope I can stay awake tomorrow. what does everyone else do in the middle of the night? I'm sure it's morning or afternoon somewhere. I like to think I'm just on a different time zone. LOL
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
25 Jan 09
I use to hop on the computer but found that when I did I'd stay up all night long and not even attempt to go back to bed LOL...now I just put on a movie and hope for the best...which is actually what happened to me last night...
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
21 Feb 09
Hey raven, I have one of those mini DVD players next to my bed...trouble is, I can recite the beginning of all my movies and some of the ending but I always fall asleep during the middle.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
25 Jan 09
I am always up working in the middle of the night. I sleep during the day. that is just what kind of schedule I am on right now. I do get up during the day and work online also if I cannot sleep.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
21 Feb 09
Me too steph. I stay up later and later then I end up being awake all night. The trouble is...I'm not able to catch up properly in the day. I'm going to have to work hard at getting things back in sync. I'm letting my chores slide too. I find I need a routine and the slightest thing can throw it out.
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
25 Jan 09
hi danish..if i cant sleep..i just lay in bed and at least focus myself not to think of anything...or watching tv shows that are so boring and in due time i fall asleep...doing net browsing makes my mind so active that i cant no longer sleep..actually if i have done all my rituals before sleeping ..surely my body will succumb to it and sleep..
@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
25 Jan 09
I often wake up at night and mylot or play a computer game. One or the other, sometimes both. (answer a notification/play a game) Last night I slept a WHOLE 8 HOURS!!! YIPPIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
30 Jan 09
There are certain nights that I can't fall asleep. During these sleepless nights I will go back surfing the net until I feel the strained in my eyes or otherwise I read books just to make me fall asleep.
25 Jan 09
when i cant sleep, i just read a book to get my eyes tired, or doze off to a family guy DVD
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• United States
26 Jan 09
LOL i love family guy nothing like making yourself go to sleep watching a funny show like that.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
26 Jan 09
I am doing my part with helping you earn a little money! When I wake up in the middle of the night, I read. This usually helps quiet my brain and make me tired.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
25 Jan 09
I would just take a book to read and would enjoy the pleasure of reading. I think, after reading a book for nearly half an hour, I'll again start sleepy and will go to sleep again. I've never tried mylotting during mid-night, am not sure what will the experience like writing in the middle of night........LOL! Hope you were able to utilize your time, when you were awake.
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• Canada
25 Jan 09
when i can't sleep in the middle of the niht i'll usually just watch tv in bed.
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26 Jan 09
Usually I read but I am semt-professional writer so sometimes I work out a story in my head. The problem with that is the next day I have to write it down otherwise I forget it.
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• United States
25 Jan 09
I'll play some mindless internet games.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
25 Jan 09
I do exactly the same thing and sometimes when I am bored with those I will play winster and try to get closer to my prize or just play a game on the computer. I hope you are able to stay awake today lol
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@noniefam (284)
• Indonesia
25 Jan 09
sometimes i open my computer n play it, watch tv or take a medecine
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26 Jan 09
Sometimes I put the tv on and try to find a boring programme to send me off again, never happens end up watching some thing good lol. Or i have tried to come and use the PC same thing i end up spending far to long on there and could then be time to get up. So if i have a few sleepless nights in a row, i will then have a really late night and hope that does the trick...
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
25 Jan 09
It is 4:49a.m in California, I have been awake since three something. I have insomnia and Mylot is one of the main things that I do when I can not sleep. Reading, especially my Bible is another thing that I enjoy when I am in my own time zone, LOL.
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@Mirita (2668)
• United States
26 Jan 09
Well, I don't have that problem because usually I go to bed around 11:00 p.m. ,and is so hard to keep myself awake.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
27 Jan 09
Lucky you my friend. I wish I was more like that.
• Philippines
22 Nov 09
Hello danishcanadian! At night when I am bored and can't sleep, I would most likely end up turning on the TV and watch the night away. That is if I don't have work the next day. If I do, I just get up and drink a hot cup of milk. After that, back to bed, whisper a prayer and close my eyes.
• Philippines
25 Jan 09
During those nights when I find it hard to sleep and I really would like to sleep no mater how I tried to close my eyes sleep won't come and what I usually does is get a good book and re-read it only those pages or chapters that I like and I would usually fell sleepy after 20 to 30 minutes of reading the book. I find this really helpful during those nights when I really find it hard to sleep. Hope this helps you during during sleepless nights.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
27 Jan 09
It hardly ever happens to me because I am up at 4 each morning so when I go to bed, which is usually too late, I am so tired that I don't wake up. On the odd occasion that I cannot sleep I get up and start on my morning chores until I feel tired enough to go back to bed. At least if I sleep in the next morning in my jobs will be done.
• Singapore
28 Jan 09
And the good thing too is that you get to kick start your day with a sense of achievement - the morning chores are done way early! XD
@yanzalong (18988)
• Indonesia
25 Jan 09
If I wake up in the middle of the night, the first thing I have to do is do prayer! God has created all things for human beings, why can't we have time to remember HIM? It takes only a couple of minutes to perform prayer. After that I do something else. If I have a computer and an internet connection of course I'll seacrh sites that pays like MyLot. You mention Gather. Is that also like mylot? Well let me know, friend.
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