me........

i am a night owl... i can last forever

I'm good first thing in the morning AND late at night, it's the middle of the day and all afternoon I take issue with

Night owl, so it's unfortunate that it's the early birds who rule the world and set all the standards.

ZombieKitten said:

I'm good first thing in the morning AND late at night, it's the middle of the day and all afternoon I take issue with

that's what afternoon naps r 4...i usually take one on my desk at work...40 winks

well im normally as blind as a bat, so i guess night is the answer

retina said:

Night owl, so it's unfortunate that it's the early birds who rule the world and set all the standards.

not any more...i'm here now!!!!!

chocolatehandles said:

ZombieKitten said:

I'm good first thing in the morning AND late at night, it's the middle of the day and all afternoon I take issue with

that's what afternoon naps r 4...i usually take one on my desk at work...40 winks

but where do u take ur naps????

Early bird...

I'm up at 5 during the week- 6 on the weekends.

I do chores and things before work. On the weekends, I work out, run errands, and am back in the house before most people get up.

What a bunch of birdoes

chocolatehandles said:

ZombieKitten said:

I'm good first thing in the morning AND late at night, it's the middle of the day and all afternoon I take issue with

that's what afternoon naps r 4...i usually take one on my desk at work...40 winks

I'd love to take a nap at around 3:30pm, which is when kids need to be picked up from school and dinner started etc

wasted said:

chocolatehandles said:

that's what afternoon naps r 4...i usually take one on my desk at work...40 winks

but where do u take ur naps????

at my desk...u need glasses

PANDURITO said:

What a bunch of birdoes

A cat snuck in! Fly away everybody!

Naps

Siesta is the way to go With pyjamas and chamber pot

retina said:

PANDURITO said:

What a bunch of birdoes

A cat snuck in! Fly away everybody!

Too late

They did fly away

chocolatehandles said:

wasted said:

but where do u take ur naps????

at my desk...u need glasses

well i did say im normally as blind as a bat!!!!

i just read "i usually take 1 on my desk at work", i thought u meant.....................nevermind, ur probably 2 old 2 get it

(on the desk)

[Edited 9/12/10 5:01am]

PANDURITO said:

They did fly away

r u talking about me????

no i'm still here

BO

PANDURITO said:

They did fly away

I did actually, yes. I needed a quick lunch (and I guess I avoided becoming one in the process).

wasted said:

chocolatehandles said:

at my desk...u need glasses

well i did say im normally as blind as a bat!!!!

i just read "i usually take 1 on my desk at work", i thought u meant.....................nevermind, ur probably 2 old 2 get it

(on the desk)

[Edited 9/12/10 5:01am]

i take back all the nice things i ever said about u.....

even if it's at zero

chocolatehandles said:

wasted said:

well i did say im normally as blind as a bat!!!!

i just read "i usually take 1 on my desk at work", i thought u meant.....................nevermind, ur probably 2 old 2 get it

(on the desk)

[Edited 9/12/10 5:01am]

i take back all the nice things i ever said about u.....

even if it's at zero

ur used 2 taking things on ur back anyway rnt u?? or did i read that wrong as well.....better go get my bat glasses

chocolate1 said:

Early bird...

I'm up at 5 during the week- 6 on the weekends.

I do chores and things before work. On the weekends, I work out, run errands, and am back in the house before most people get up.

do u ever feel like sleeping in????

chocolatehandles said:

chocolate1 said:

Early bird...

I'm up at 5 during the week- 6 on the weekends.

I do chores and things before work. On the weekends, I work out, run errands, and am back in the house before most people get up.

do u ever feel like sleeping in????

Sometimes... but even that's like only to 9 at the latest.

I have trouble sleeping during the day- even when I've been out all night. I'll end up taking a "nap" instead of sleeping all day.

chocolate1 said:

chocolatehandles said:

do u ever feel like sleeping in????

Sometimes... but even that's like only to 9 at the latest.

I have trouble sleeping during the day- even when I've been out all night. I'll end up taking a "nap" instead of sleeping all day.

today i had to get up early 4 church...but if the kids let me i can sleep all day

and i've dome it b4 2

Early bird. Even staying up past 10:30 on weekends is a chore for me these days. If I sleep till 8 on a weekend, that's totally sleeping in.

I was always an early bird as a child. I was always the first person up each morning and when I'd get tired at night I'd just go off to bed - my parents almost never had a problem putting me to sleep at night.

Then around high school I became a night owl. I would be up till all hours of the night and I could sleep as late in the day as I wanted. Then, that shifted to only my weekend schedule (as I took on regular work hours) in my early 20's. This lasted till about my late 20s. As of about age 30 I pretty much stopped being up late on weekends on a regular basis and now I simply prefer not to.

CarrieMpls said:

Early bird. Even staying up past 10:30 on weekends is a chore for me these days. If I sleep till 8 on a weekend, that's totally sleeping in.

I was always an early bird as a child. I was always the first person up each morning and when I'd get tired at night I'd just go off to bed - my parents almost never had a problem putting me to sleep at night.

Then around high school I became a night owl. I would be up till all hours of the night and I could sleep as late in the day as I wanted. Then, that shifted to only my weekend schedule (as I took on regular work hours) in my early 20's. This lasted till about my late 20s. As of about age 30 I pretty much stopped being up late on weekends on a regular basis and now I simply prefer not to.

See, those evil early birds have forced you into their schedule.

It gets too hard to be a weekend-only night owl when you're on the standard early bird clock during the week.

If you had had the choice of moving the workday to a bit later in the day when you used to be a night owl, would you have done so?

retina said:

CarrieMpls said:

Early bird. Even staying up past 10:30 on weekends is a chore for me these days. If I sleep till 8 on a weekend, that's totally sleeping in.

I was always an early bird as a child. I was always the first person up each morning and when I'd get tired at night I'd just go off to bed - my parents almost never had a problem putting me to sleep at night.

Then around high school I became a night owl. I would be up till all hours of the night and I could sleep as late in the day as I wanted. Then, that shifted to only my weekend schedule (as I took on regular work hours) in my early 20's. This lasted till about my late 20s. As of about age 30 I pretty much stopped being up late on weekends on a regular basis and now I simply prefer not to.

See, those evil early birds have forced you into their schedule.

It gets too hard to be a weekend-only night owl when you're on the standard early bird clock during the week.

If you had had the choice of moving the workday to a bit later in the day when you used to be a night owl, would you have done so?

Yes, to an extent.

I will say, making my own hours is part of what's pushing me to find a way to open my own business. I want to be able to catch a weeknight evening event without worrying about getting enough sleep for the next work day.

I don't think I would change my schedule substantially, though, in all honesty. I actually like being up in the morning. Just maybe not SO early all the time.

I think the early bird state is a natural thing for me. Even in high school and college, if I would try to stay up late to do home work it would never work - I'd just keep putting it off or not concentrate. Often if I had procrastinated, I'd set my alarm for 4-5am, wake up and crank the paper or whatever out and then if I had time I'd take a nap before going to class - or just head straight out the door. Somehow my head is just clearer in the morning.

CarrieMpls said:

I don't think I would change my schedule substantially, though, in all honesty. I actually like being up in the morning. Just maybe not SO early all the time.

Yeah, I don't understand why most people have to be forced to get up at 6 or 7 a.m. to make it to work in time. I almost suspect that it's a weird remnant of the original Lutheran work ethic. "If work doesn't make you suffer, it's not real work" kind of thing. We should reevaluate and update societal standards more often. Maybe making a six hour work day standard would actually be realistic, for example? There are so many machines as automated systems to help us these days and plenty of studies have shown that people only work effectively for about four hours per day anyway.

Yup, being an early bird or a night owl can be adjusted depending on the circumstances to a certain degree but I agree that a biological/chemical factor is at play as well. Some people just function better in the morning or in the evening. I find that my energy level almost always dips around 5 p.m. no matter what time I might have gotten up that day. It's odd.

I'm SO with you on the 6 hour workday. I think Americans in particular place FAR too much emphasis on work and not enough on the important things, like pretty much everything else. It's one thing to put in 12 hour work days if you are passionate about what you do, but most people simply aren't. The world would be a better place if people had more time to spend with their loved ones or doing the things they REALLY enjoy. Think how much happier everyone would be.

CarrieMpls said:

I'm SO with you on the 6 hour workday. I think Americans in particular place FAR too much emphasis on work and not enough on the important things, like pretty much everything else. It's one thing to put in 12 hour work days if you are passionate about what you do, but most people simply aren't. The world would be a better place if people had more time to spend with their loved ones or doing the things they REALLY enjoy. Think how much happier everyone would be.

tell it! in fact, being overworked sucked a lot of the passion out of me

and I'm night owl....

[Edited 9/12/10 7:58am]

Night owl. I hardly ever sleep at night.