Rituals and Schedules: Early Bird or Night Owl

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Are you an early bird or a night owl?

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Last edited by mezzanotte on 14 May 2014, 11:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Night owl.

you needed to have two more poll options- night bird and morning owl. just as there are finer gradations between pessimist and optimist [pejorist and meliorist] there are also different mixtures of late risers and early retirers. I myself am a mixture. my biorhythms used to go 'round the clock every 18 days or so. it takes real work to keep 'em at the same time every day.

I'm NOT a morning person. I like staying up really really late, even on work nights. Staying up 'till 3am is common for me, and often times I'll stay up until 5am or later.

on a workday how do you stay up until 5AM and then get any sleep before work?

I used to struggle to get to sleep buy in my Thirties have managed to get myself to sleep quikcky. The downside is I now wake up around 5:30 every morning even weekends. I don't need a lot of sleep.

I'm not much good with less than 8 hours solid sleep.

Someone once told me that the biological clock / circadian rhythm of a 18-30 year old (maybe more applicable to males than females? I don't remember honestly) seems to be set for a 25 or so hour day instead of a 24 hour one... this rings true for me also, I just never realised until being told this that it was relatively normal.

Interesting that I am seeing many more night owls than early birds... I would like to hear people's perceived reasons for their choices!

I myself am a night owl... sometime around sunset I suddenly become much more clear-headed and proactive/productive regardless of the time I wake. I also love the cool air on my skin, the lights of the city at night, the stars and the moon... and most of all, as I think may be the case with others I like the silence and solitude. I am free to delve deep into my research interests uninterrupted and go for walks without judgement or confrontation at night.

you must live in a safe place, if I did that I would have to fear the wild animals both two legged as well as four-legged. anyways, I was a night-shift worker for decades.

I'm usually still up when I start to hear the early birds outside

I used to take that as my cue to brush my teeth and go to bed.

Me, too. I am always amazed when people talk about going for a walk at night. Where I live, there is just a risk of crime. I work the evening shift and I am always relieved to make it from the car to my apartment.

I like the peace and quite of night but I think it is just programmed in me to rise late in the day and stay up late.

Nocturnal, non-avian.

Less light, less noise, fewer people at night. The world is less intense when the Sun is warming the other side of the planet.

I've been a night owl for as long as I can remember. The quiet allows me to focus more easily (ideal for last minute cramming sessions!).

i get more work done at night--there are a lot of kids in my neighbourhood so during the daylight hours it's too noisy to concentrate, and i can't draw or write without intense focus.

i also like walking/biking at night because it feels like i have the city to myself when i do. it's peaceful and no one bothers me (unlike when i go out during the day).