I swapped lives with a night owl for a week

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Hi there 👋 If you're new to my videos my name is Matt D'Avella. I'm a documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur and YouTuber. I've made a couple documentaries for Netflix. I also teach courses on everything from filmmaking to habit change. If you like to nerd out about self-development as much as I do, you can subscribe for weekly videos.

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[saradietschy]

Shoutout to Night Owls 🦉🦉🦉 Thanks for having me Matt! !! This video turned out so good!!

[BaselardFE]

The bit Sara talked about with procrastinating something by diving into a rabbit hole of something else you find interesting is so relatable lmao

[calebstasko]

I’m so glad you did this one, I’m not a morning person AT ALL and I always feel like the rest of the world makes me feel guilty or lazy for not being able to get up early and be productive. I’m so much like Sara in the way my natural sleep and work habits are, nice to know I’m not alone haha

[ghostoflarissa]

Night owl gang!!! I sleep at 10AM and start doing on my creative work from 8PM till 8AM. I love the quietness of the night and the bird song in the morning. Everything is so relaxing

[AlyciaBoutte]

Loved everything about this video and experiment. Not everyone needs a 5am morning routine to be productive or successful. That's such a toxic notion that's being pushed around. Thanks for showing a balanced perspective!

[EggTamago]

Oh this is good stuff. I’m a night owl who - left to my own devices - would go to bed between 2-3am and wake up around 10-11am. It takes me forever to wake up. Primary school was a symphony of teachers complaining about me not being attentive at the start of the day (when classes started as early as 7.50am). In this regard, being able to work from home has been a total godsend.

[AccordingtoNicole]

I can SO relate to Sara. I wake up late, without an alarm. Loiter around, casually ease into the day, and then wind up working late into the night when I find I have the most focus. I pursued self employment almost exclusively for the ability to do this. I was a complete zombie my entire time in school and I could not keep living like that.

[JosephDickson]

Matt thinks 1 AM is late. That's adorable.

[ZTanMURReneRs]

I feel it's weird how this video seemingly still buys into the idea that being a night owl means wasting your time in the morning instead of just shifting your time. Like you don't need to get up slowly if you get up late. You can still have a routine just at a different time.
The whole idea that you have "all this time" in the morning if you get up early has always weirded me out so much as if people don't know how time works and just totally ignore that if you sleep the same length of time, you will have the same awake time regardless of when it is.

[allisonfreed]

I’m a night owl and have struggled with the judgement that comes with not wanting to operate on everyone else’s schedule. I’ve also put a lot of shame and pressure on myself, and felt like I just lacked discipline for not being able to adhere to the routines you see all over the internet. Learning about chronotypes was so validating. Being in a remote job with a more flexible schedule has also been a game changer. Routine and structure can be super valuable, especially as a chronic procrastinator like Sara, but being able to build a routine that works with my natural schedule not against makes all the difference.

[anneonymous]

Thank you so much for portraying late start/late night in a positive light! I've tried for so long to wake up early, and I can do it, but I didn't realise at what cost until recently. I've actually pushed my night until later for practical reasons (flatmates in the bathroom anyone?) and ended up sleeping less overall and feeling more refreshed when waking up. And I shed some of the guilt I had about waking up late, and I feel lighter as a result! Also, the willpower that I was using for waking up early and having a good routine (working out, journaling, etc) is now available for other things. No more fighting each morning only to be tired and depleted for the rest of the day! What a difference it can make!

[gage.does.everything]

matt saying "it's 9:30, it's not even morning" is probably the most matt d'avella thing he's ever said

[davecaya]

Excellent. I often take for granted why Matt’s videos excel beyond the rest of self development YouTube. He doesn’t tell you what to do with your life. He inspires you and gives you the information to figure it out for yourself

[rafael_dp]

This is sooo timely. Ever since I've watched your videos, I developed a routine for myself that actually works. But life happens, you lose your job, broken relationships, familial obligations and etc. I've been a morning person, or at least a daytime person. Right now I'm applying for a Virtual Assistant job that would affect my circadian rhythm. I'm from the Philippines and the work schedule that I'm about to venture into would use the Pacific Standard Time, 8am to 4pm. Which would be 11pm-7am in my country. Just wanted to appreciate this video for differentiating #MorningPeople and #NightOwls. 💙

[richheruk]

I'm a mum of three year old twins. One is a night owl and one is an early riser and I have no idea what I am anymore. 😂

[tina_about]

I always thought I was a night owl, but in fact it was just the result of bad habits, which I realized only recently 😮😅

[restre]

This whole video is great lol. Watching Sarah struggle with waking up early but overall enjoy the benefits of it, while Matt is out here like "I'm so tried how do people live like this"

[AlliandWill]

THANK YOU for normalizing being a night owl!! 😂 my brain doesn’t work before 10am 😅

[MichaelBordenaro]

Been a night owl my whole life. Going to school as a kid was torture waking up at 6 am all those years. As soon as I was done with school switched to my preferred night owl schedule and never looked back. Although I do get all my work done the first half of the day as soon as I get up and leave the evening / late nights for myself.

[VictorAbarca]

Loved this collaboration and the concept of the video! It was great seeing Sara here! Well, a mid-owl here…I tried the 5am, 6am, the what-ever-am ritual but I decided to wake up naturally (between 7:45 to 8:15) and also I sleep a 20 min siesta everyday (a Power Nap I guess…). I like sleeping and maybe saying it sounds like a little bit guilty in this obsessed society of hustling 24-7 but that´s who am I. A mid owl. Loved the concept!