Wow, was Caleb 'Mathilda' Widogast (don't ask, a nickname from his dearest friend Jester) was absolutely called out by this fact. He certainly would do both, because 1.) being a wizard in Exandria was absolutely expensive, the cost of ink, parchment and scrolls alone was a stiff drop in the bucket and 2.) he burned the midnight oil quite regularly because that kept the nightmares at bay.

The less you slept, the less you were plagued by trauma-induced dreams.

"Oh? Do you have someone at home?" he inquired, politely-- he had a few crushes back in Exandria, quite a few people that would miss him if he were gone, but no one, and with good reason, he wasn't even sure he'd make it back from Aeor alive. "You are right though, I am woefully bad at keeping myself fed."