Buzz·Posted on May 5, 2014The 26 Greatest Joys And Struggles Of Being A Late-Night PersonYou'll sleep when you're dead. Maybe.by Rega JhaBuzzFeed India ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Growing up, you were the last to fall asleep at sleepovers. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. And now, you're restlessly awake for hours after your significant other has fallen asleep next to you. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. You have friends in other timezones to keep you company when everyone around you is fast asleep. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. You schedule emails to send later so your boss* won't judge you for working at 4 a.m. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. You work all day, but don't really get anything done until you're alone in the dead of night. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. If you have roommates, you spend your prime working hours tiptoeing and typing as quietly as possible. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. You know every 24-hour store and restaurant in your neighborhood. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. And the late-night food delivery men know you by name. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Your innocuous texts come across as drunk booty texts just by virtue of being sent at 3 a.m. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. Getting in bed early doesn't mean getting more sleep. It means angrily tossing and turning for a few hours. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. People constantly ask you why you're up so late, and you don't know what to say. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Also: "Do you ever sleep?" Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF And: "Wow, you're literally a vampire." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. Your friends are always tired and ready to go home when you're just starting to have fun. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. But if they ever make early plans, you're definitely the last to show up. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. Seriously. Everything about waking up in the morning sucks. Fuck alarms and sunrise and birds chirping. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 15. People are always giving you well-meaning advice on how to fall asleep earlier. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. Your parents have always been on your case about not sleeping enough. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. And, over the years, you've figured out ways to hide it from them. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. You come up with your best ideas at night. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 19. And wake up to a bunch of barely comprehensible notes and self-emails to remind yourself of them. 20. You've seen (and Instagrammed) a lot of sunrises. 21. Waking up early for school/work means you almost never get more than four hours of sleep during the week. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. But you make sure to catch up on it by sleeping 12-plus hours on the weekend. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 23. Your special skills include: binge-watching terrible TV shows... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Snacking silently in bed... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF And mindlessly scrolling down Reddit/Tumblr/Twitter for hours. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 24. Of course, you're totally and completely useless in the morning, and need a gallon of coffee to get through the day. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 25. But it's all worth it for your hours of peace and quiet solace in the dark... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 26. Hidden away from the world, and all of its insufferable diurnal people. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF