Picked between sleep and finishing a book series at 2am. I chose the books.

Last night I had to decide if I was gonna crash at midnight like a normal person or push through and finish the last 200 pages of this trilogy I've been reading for weeks. I went with the books, figured I could just chug coffee in the morning. Big mistake. By 3am my eyes were burning and I kept rereading the same paragraph three times because my brain was done. I finished the thing around 4:30 but honestly I don't even remember the ending clearly now because I was so tired. Woke up today feeling like a zombie at work and my boss asked if I was hungover. Has anyone else made the call to stay up way too late for a book or a show and completely regretted it the next day?

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troy_ross22d ago

Set a two chapter limit and call it done before midnight next time.

paige_martin22d ago

Man I remember staying up til 3am once trying to finish one more chapter and it turned into four more hours of sleep lost, never did get that time back. Trust the limit, it saves your brain cells.