Can A Night Owl Become A Morning Person?

slate.com:

I'd always been a night owl, but for years I'd longed to defect to the other side. Over the years I'd tried all the usual tactics -- multiple alarms, earlier bedtimes, lab-rat levels of caffeine -- and nothing had worked.

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Comments

[sv90066]

Kids, kids, kids...

The more you have, the less of a night owl you will be.

I miss my days of 9pm jogs, my 10:30pm dinners, late show movie runs, closing down bars, all night study sessions, all night writing sessions

But I now cherish my 7am rolling on the bed with my two preschoolers...

No regrets, ever.

Former 2am to 10am sleeper

[rivergirl301]

You will change from a night owl to a morning person when you livelihood depends on it. Physically and cognitively, I do better in the morning, but I was emotionally a night owl. Just had to switch it around as I am paid by production and as a night owl, was a drooling idiot (as far as performing tasks) after 4 or 5 pm. Now I get up at 5:30 a.m., hate it, but my paycheck is much larger.

[bmermaid]

I would never want to be a morning person. I LOVE getting up at the crack of noon. At night I have the world to myself. Luckily, I work at home on the internet, and have no need to get up early, but I have had jobs where I had to get up early (like 5 or 6 AM) and I hated it.

[NilesCrane]

same with me...I dont usually fall asleep to around 4am....sometimes 5 or 6, and dont get up will 12 or sometimes 1....I love being completely alone and calm from 12am-4am..

Its the only thing keeping me sane. I hate the morning, but I also hate falling asleep because I feel like im wasting time and could be doing something, but when Im asleep i never want to get up.

sometimes if I have to wake up at 7am, I will force myself to be awake for 30 hours...meaning I dont go to bed to wake up at 7am...

so I will wake up at noon, and not go to bed until maybe 9pm the next day...

[bmermaid]

Everything you said- me too, exactly. I think it's the transition; I hate to go to sleep, then hate to wake up. But why live your life miserable? If you're a night owl, find a way to make it work, instead of making yourself conform to the majority. This is the best time in history, by far, for Night Owls. There are plenty of night shift jobs, and some even pay better than day time jobs. Or like me, on the internet; it's day-time on the other side of the world, and I sell stuff no matter what time it is where I am.

[OUpeople]

For the record, a lot of very cool and good people are night owls too, like Ted Geisel (AKA Dr. Suess), Elvis Presley and Keith Richards. Not just 'Hitler' and a psychopathic killer as the article's author pointed out.

I'll see your 'Hitler' and raise you a 'Winston Churchill'.

Being a morning person is over-rated anyway. Morning people should thank us night owls for being out of their morning commute.

[brent777]

Nice point.

[NilesCrane]

not sure pointing out 2 drug addicts like richards or presley was the best idea to get across your point lol...but i agree with you

[oakley9]

Tesla was a night owl and that is alright with me. Most great artists are also.