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By the time I get into bed, I find myself picking up my phone and just scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. I stay up past my bedtime, despite being exhausted and knowing I'd be better off going to sleep. This behavior is called "revenge bedtime procrastination."
(via How to stop revenge bedtime procrastination and get better sleep)
"Revenge bedtime procrastination" refers to a phenomenon where individuals, who feel that they lack control over their daytime activities, intentionally delay going to bed as a way to reclaim a sense of freedom and leisure during the late evening or early morning hours. This behavior often involves staying up late to engage in activities such as watching TV, browsing the internet, playing video games, or using social media.
He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. Ifthe lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. And thusthe task of making conscious the most hidden recesses of the mind is one which it is quite possible to accomplish.”
“Consciousness, then, does not appear to itself chopped up in bits. Such words as ‘chain’ or ‘train’do not describe it fitly. . . . It is nothing jointed; it flows. A ‘river’ or ‘stream’ are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described.”