Late at night, problems tend to look bigger. Your brain is tired, not wiser.

Tiredness changes the way you weigh things. The same problem that is a nuisance at noon becomes evidence about your whole life at one in the morning, and the clarity you feel while thinking it is a symptom rather than an insight. Nothing is being revealed to you. A tired brain is worse at proportion and much worse at hope.

Make a rule about the hour: no big conclusions, no important messages and no decisions about your future after midnight. Write the thought down instead and read it after breakfast. If it still looks like that tomorrow, take it seriously and do something about it.