Up until age twelve, my bedtime was 9:00 PM, but I've always been a night owl, so I would lay in bed awake until at least 10:00 PM. When I was thirteen, my bedtime was raised to 9:30 PM, 10:00 PM at age fourteen, and so on. I no longer had a bedtime when I became seventeen, and my bedtime only applied to the school year and on weekdays only. Still, I never feel asleep before midnight. I am one of those folks who go to bed around two or three (sometimes four), and get up anytime between 6:30 AM and 8:00 AM and feel fully rested.