Diary of a Gen Z Student: A support group for insomniacs — we could meet up at 3am

"I had made the mistake of watching Squid Game on Netflix. I spent the night having nightmares about being forced to participate in Squid Games with my family."

Jane Cowan in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin Photograph: Moya Nolan

Some of my best thinking happens between the hours of 2am and 5am. 

I’ll open the blind to the window beside my bed and look at the inky sky, waiting for sleep to strike. If it’s a clear night, I’ll pretend to myself that I can point out the constellations.