Question of the day - Thursday 26 December

[GemsGem]

Hi everybody


Are you a morning person or a night owl ?


I’m definitely a night owl.
I usually spend all day yawning, then at night I’m wide awake & can’t sleep

 

[Tik cat's mum]

I'm definitely not a morning person. My husband says I'm like a bear with a sore head when I wake up. Maybe if I stop watching YouTube in bed I would be more approachable in the mornings.

 

[Winchester]

For years and years, I was a night owl. When I worked third shift (11p to 7a) at IP, everybody would be stumbling around the plant and guzzling coffee, trying to stay awake. Me? I'd be ditty-bopping through the plant, oh-so-chipper and wide awake. But when I was working first shift (7a to 3p), you soon learned not even to look at me until at least 10:00 in the morning and about five cups of coffee later. Saying "Good morning, Pammy!" at 7 in the morning was liable to get you the Bird in reply. I did not handle mornings well and the guys put a sign on my computer at work that said, "I think I'm allergic to mornings".

After years of having cats in the house, I learned that the idiom about no snooze buttons on cats is very true. When they yell, they get fed. Quickly. Thus, I've turned into quite a morning person and it's nothing for me to now turn into a pumpkin around 9 or 10 at night.

 

[Jem]

I'm more of a morning person, but not crazy morning like 6 AM. But even though I'm at my best in the mornings, I still like it quiet for bit to "wake up". I don't like to have to get up and rush around. I'm in bed no later than 10 PM, even on weekends.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

I am a night owl. When I was laid off from a job once I went back to my normal up till 2, sleep till 10 routine within days. I’m better now; but really I do best if I’m not up till 8:30 and get some quiet time after everyone else is in bed.

 

[CatLover49]

Morning person....not too early..but a morning person...used to be a nightowl

 

[sivyaleah]

Morning. I'm great early but start lagging come late afternoon. My brain is mush the latter it gets. Not like 8pm early more like by 10-11pm; after that I'm useless.

 

[denice]

The military turned me into an extreme morning person. If I could go with what is exactly right for me I would be asleep by 7 p.m. and up around 2:30 or 3 a.m. I actually read an article recently about people like myself, someone has coined the term lark for people like myself.

 

[aliceneko]

Definitely a night owl!

 

[verna davies]

A morning person, usually wake about 6am. By 10pm I need my bed.

 

[Kat0121]

Night owl. Mornings are the worst.

 

[Show Me Your Kitties]

Mornings are the bane of my existence.

 

[rubysmama]

Another morning person here. I'm up at 6:00 every morning to feed Ruby, and most times don't go back to bed. But like other early risers, I'm usually in bed by 10 PM.

 

[susanm9006]

Provided there is coffee available I am a morning person. If there is no coffee I am a “don’t come near me until I have coffee” person.

 

[NY cat man]

Count me a morning person.. Even though it has been years since I retired, I'm still up before 5 a.m., alarm clock or no.

 

[mightyboosh]

I'm multi talented in this respect. When I have to get up for work at 5-30 am I wake up quickly and I'm not sleepy. If I'm not working I can stay in bed until 11-30 am no problem and then feel dopey for ages after.
I think I know why. I've got an amount of sleep apnea (self and wife diagnosed) so the less I sleep the more oxygen I get generally.
I really should do something about it.

 

[VinceL]

I have been a night owl for as long as I can remember. I hated getting up early to go to school and I hated getting up early to go to work. Being retired I can sleep late. Our cats don't understand why I want to sleep late. So, my typical morning is get up around 6:00 to feed the cats and then go back to bed until about 9:00.

 

[muffy]

I am a morning person. When I was working I would get up at 4:00 every morning with the cats help. Now that I am retired I still wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning. I go to sleep around 9:00.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I'm a night owl who had to become more morning-friendly when I started working full-time. Since I don't drink caffeine, thankfully once I'm out of bed, I'm up for good and I rarely get tired during the day. When I was depressed I would pull all-nighters several days a week, which was the main reason I was depressed for 11 years. Once I forced myself to regulate my sleep schedule my depression got better 3 months later. Now, even though I would love to stay up all night again, I don't allow myself to do it.

 

[maggiedemi]

A morning person I guess, since I'm up at 6am and in bed by 10pm.