Good day, people of Hive! Welcome to my blog. Today’s topic is from Hive-Learners which says:Is It That Bad? So let’s dive in.
Honestly, mine is staying up late with my phone. It may not sound like a big problem like smoking or drinking, but for me it is something I know is not good, yet I still do it.
Almost every night, I say I will sleep early because it has become my everyday routine to promise not to press my phone before 10:00 PM, yet I still find myself pressing it. As soon as I enter my room and lie down on my bed, I pick up my phone. Then I tell myself, let me just watch some short videos on TikTok.
Before I know what is happening, time is gone. Five minutes becomes one or two hours. And sometimes it is already past midnight and I am still awake. And the next morning, I will suffer for it. Because I will struggle to wake up. My body will feel weak, I will have body pain, my eyes will feel heavy to open, and sometimes I even wake up in a bad mood or with a headache. At that time, if anyone makes me angry, I will snap at the person immediately. During the day, I will still feel sleepy.
And sometimes when I’m feeling sleepy in class, instead of sleeping, because if our lecturers catch someone sleeping in class, the person will either stand in front of the class or be sent out, so instead I will just keep yawning and counting the time until the lectures will finish so I can go home and sleep. Yet, when night comes, I still repeat the same thing.
Sometimes, I ask myself, is it really that bad?
At first, it does not look serious because I am not hurting anyone. I am just using my phone. But when I think about it, I see that it is slowly affecting me. When someone does not sleep well, the body does not work properly. The mind does not think clearly, you feel tired, and that tiredness follows you everywhere.
Another thing is that it wastes time. Those late hours I use to press my phone could be used for proper sleep so that I can wake up fresh the next day. Instead, I spend those hours watching things I might not even remember the next day.
The truth is, we know that what we are doing is not good, yet we keep doing it. For example, some people know that consuming too many sugary drinks is not good, yet they keep drinking them. Some people know that smoking too many cigarettes is not good for their health, yet they keep smoking. We all have that one thing we struggle with.
In conclusion, I am beginning to understand that what I’m doing may not destroy me immediately, but if I keep doing it every night, it will continue to affect me.
Now, I am trying little by little to change that habit because I am already getting addicted to it. I try to drop my phone earlier, and I always remind myself of how I feel in the morning when I don’t sleep well. That alone is enough reason for me to try harder.
This is my entry for the Hive Learners Featured Content Week 205 Episode 01.
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