Is Sleeping Late Smart?

It’s Friday night, and it’s been an exhausting week. I have Praise Team practice tomorrow at 1 pm, but that won’t stop me from sleeping late. It’s my one indulgence after a week that has left me physically and mentally spent. Plus, there are other benefits to sleeping late according to an article I ran across on Wired Magazine, “3 Smart Things about Sleeping Late.” Here’s what it said:

1. You may need more sleep than you think. Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that people who slept eight hours and then claimed they were “well rested” actually performed better and were more alert if they slept another two hours. That figures. Until the invention of the lightbulb, the average person slumbered 10 hours a night.
2. Night owls are more creative. Artists, writers, and coders typically fire on all cylinders by crashing near dawn and awakening at the crack of noon. In one study, “evening people” almost universally slam-dunked a standardized creativity test. Their early-bird brethren struggled for passing scores.
3. Rising early is stressful. The stress hormone cortisol peaks in your blood around 7 am. So if you get up then, you may experience tension. Grab some extra Zs! You’ll wake up feeling less like Bert, more like Ernie.