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Why we delay bedtime (and why it makes sense) transcript
BrainCraft · @braincraft
Published March 19, 20260:5925.5K views
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Runtime
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205 words per minute, above the 201 75th percentile of 349 measured videos. That distribution comes from the 349-video hook study.
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I published a study that kind of validates why bedtime procrastination is so important to people. The other research at the time assumed that bedtime procrastination was bad, but it hadn't actually asked people about it. Like, why do you do it? So, we just asked people in a way that followed a rigorous procedure, blah blah blah. And our results were some really valid reasons about why people delay their bedtime that sleep advice typically ignores. We need me time. We give most of our hours to work or kids and other commitments, and we need to take time for ourselves. We
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| Sentences | 16 |
| Average words per sentence | 12.6 |
| Longest sentence | 24 words |
| Questions asked | 1 |
| Sentences containing a number | 2 |
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I published a study that kind of validates why bedtime procrastination is so important to people. The other research at the time assumed that bedtime procrastination was bad, but it hadn't actually asked people about it. Like, why do you do it? So, we just asked people in a way that followed a rigorous procedure, blah blah blah. And our results were some really valid reasons about why people delay their bedtime that sleep advice typically ignores.
We need me time. We give most of our hours to work or kids and other commitments, and we need to take time for ourselves. We need that autonomy. We need to decompress. There's this need to regulate the stress of the day, and that often happens before bed. And it's about identity, too. So, we have these niche interests that kind of exist outside of our 9-to-5 that are important for our sense of self. This is kind of why people watch YouTube videos at midnight.
But, what we found that there are these psychological needs that kind of go unmet during our 9-to-5, and that can affect our sleep. This wasn't our intention when we were designing the study. We were just curious.
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