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    WHAT IS revenge bedtime procrastination?

    Dec 15, 2021 2 minutes
    Richard Godwin

    Revenge bedtime procrastination is that thing you do when you know you should go to sleep, but you do something else instead – even though the main person who will suffer from this is you.

    The term originated in China. It is a rough translation of the Mandarin phrase , or

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