Iâve always found it strange that itâs so easy to stay up until the next day. Like staying up until midnight isnât that crazy, so itâs quite easy to find yourself in âhaha itâs now the next day!â territory.
But itâs not really true. The day really ends when I go to bed, and starts when I wake up. The actual time doesnât matter.
Perhaps midnight is 12am because itâs about halfway between sunset and sunrise. But humans (at least since the invention of artificial light) stay awake past sunset but generally balk at the idea of waking up before sunrise.
So midnight needs to be shifted more towards the true center of the night, rather than the sunrise/sunset center of the night.
On a given night, if youâre still awake at 3am, itâs probably an anomaly (unless your sleep schedule is just like thatâŚ). So itâs a safe time for the day to switch over, and when you wake up itâll be the next day. Clean and simple. The day should end at 3am.