10 Ways Insomnia Has 'Improved' My Life

Insomnia provides the most incredible gifts. I mean, when I sit back and think (and I have a lot of time to do that – insomnia, you know) I realize exactly what insomnia has given me over the last several years. In fact, here are my top 10 ways insomnia has "improved" my life.

There are so many things I would have missed had I been tucked in and snoozing away for hours on end, getting a solid 8 hours of sleep, like my friends and family members who have not been blessed with the inability to sleep.

The list is lengthy, and it is stunning. So get ready, and try your best not to be jealous.

Top 10 ways insomnia 'improved' my life

1. I know the weather – all day, every day. If it rains at 3 AM, I know before everyone else. I am more than prepared when I start to get ready for work and always know what shoes to wear.
2. When news happens, I am the first to know. I don’t mean to brag, but when a newsworthy item graces social media outlets in the dead of night, I am privy to it. Celebrity scandal? I see it. A new season of everyone’s favorite Netflix series announced? Ask me about it.
3. My cats are never unattended. During their most active time, I am awake, aware, and ready to stop any mischievous nonsense. They are never lonely because…I…am…there.
4. My to-do list is never empty. Staring at the ceiling and thinking allows me a fabulous opportunity to add things to my to-do list at any hour. I am not limited to the average person’s waking hours. I can add “buy AC filter” to my shopping list at 1:45 AM. How convenient is that?
5. I can eat any time I darn well please. I don’t, mind you. It’s not healthy to eat in the middle of the night, but I can if I want to, and that’s just nice to know.
6. Showering is not limited to “right before bed.” Ha. What’s “right before bed” anyway? I can shower at midnight, and I have done so countless times.
7. Never have I ever missed a bill payment due to falling asleep. That’s a big 1, huh? Lying awake and mulling over the day, I am able to catch those bills coming due and log in to any app I need at any hour. It’s worth mentioning that, unlike my friends, I am gifted extra hours to pour through lists of forgotten passwords and reset them all in the wee hours of the morning.
8. Being first to hear the news is great, but how great is it to be the first 1 to see the premiere of a new season of your favorite show? Yeah, that’s me. I will always be sitting on go, ready to hit that play triangle when the clock strikes midnight.
9. Speaking of the clock striking midnight – I can watch 1 day turn into the next, every night. Typically, that’s a New Year’s Eve thing for most people. But not me. For me, it's nightly. L-U-C-K-Y.
10. I have all the time in the world to peruse eye creams and concealers. In addition, I have the perfect palette with which to try them out as my eyes have the ideal shade of sleeplessness beneath them. Now, you have to admit that not many people can say that.

'Benefits' of insomnia?

I could go on, but I won’t. It would be inappropriate and boastful of me to continue with more ways insomnia has improved my life. Leaving the rest to your imagination seems more fitting.

Before I close out, I will add 1 more massive plus to having insomnia: it has, beyond the shadow of a doubt, beefed up my sarcasm game – so there’s that.

Has insomnia "improved" your life? Please share a comment.