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Life is busy and there are usually multiple things that we could be doing at any particular time. In this case, perhaps chipping away at\u00a0an\u00a0endless to-do list is leading to a late bedtime. An alternative possibility is that a hectic day can result in the desire to take time out for ourselves once the working day has finished. Perhaps we call friends or catch up on TV shows rather than sleep.<\/p>\n
This latter possibility has been referred to as\u00a0\u2018revenge bedtime procrastination<\/a>\u2019,\u00a0which stems from a Chinese saying reflecting an absence of free\u00a0time due to our hectic and stressful working lives. This is not a phrase used widely within scientific literature \u2013 although there\u00a0are studies\u00a0focusing on bedtime procrastination<\/a> more generally \u2013 which suggests that this is associated with poor self-regulation and missing out on sleep.<\/p>\n Given this, it might be worthwhile considering different techniques that can be used to reduce procrastination<\/a>. A review of the literature<\/a> highlighted different interventions for reducing procrastination more generally, including those focusing on developing self-regulation (for example, setting a bedtime and developing time-management skills) and cognitive-behavioural techniques (challenging those thought patterns that could be maintaining the procrastination).<\/p>\n These techniques now need to be further tailored specifically for sleep procrastination to be most effective for those who are missing out on their Zzzs.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Alice Gregory Published: Sunday, 14 August 2022 at 12:00 am Life is busy and there are usually multiple things that we could be doing at any particular time. In this case, perhaps chipping away at\u00a0an\u00a0endless to-do list is leading to a late bedtime. An alternative possibility is that a hectic day can result in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16753,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/08\/why-do-i-always-find-things-to-do-late-at-night.jpg",1200,511,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/08\/why-do-i-always-find-things-to-do-late-at-night-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/08\/why-do-i-always-find-things-to-do-late-at-night-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/08\/why-do-i-always-find-things-to-do-late-at-night-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/08\/why-do-i-always-find-things-to-do-late-at-night-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/08\/why-do-i-always-find-things-to-do-late-at-night.jpg",1200,511,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/08\/why-do-i-always-find-things-to-do-late-at-night.jpg",1200,511,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Alice Gregory Published: Sunday, 14 August 2022 at 12:00 am Life is busy and there are usually multiple things that we could be doing at any particular time. In this case, perhaps chipping away at\u00a0an\u00a0endless to-do list is leading to a late bedtime. An alternative possibility is that a hectic day can result in…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/16752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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