Author Topic: Morning Person (Read 10072 times)

_33 · « **on:** April 05, 2011, 09:33:46 PM »

I want to be one. Is there any way to become a morning person or is it something you're born with?

CNS · « **Reply #1 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:36:06 PM »

Quote from: _33 on April 05, 2011, 09:33:46 PM

I want to be one. Is there any way to become a morning person or is it something you're born with?

I am one. Always have been one.

pike · « **Reply #2 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:37:59 PM »

Pretty sure you have to be born with it. In my 23 years I have not figured out how to wake up early and either get something done or not go back to sleep

mcmwcat · « **Reply #3 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:38:09 PM »

get married? have kids?

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #4 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:42:06 PM »

in college, i never wanted a job where i had to get up early...yet here I am, waking up at 5:30. Got used to it pretty quick. No coffee.

wiley · « **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:42:49 PM »

when you wake up get up, that's how i am able to do it. My coolest gift is the ability to get up when i need to without an alarm, i used to fly out of Mobile around 6am every monday. Would wake myself up without an alarm at 4:15 every week.

OK_Cat · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:45:23 PM »

Having a kid made me a morning person.

But I don't suggest having one of those unless you hate having free time and loads of expendable income.

Cire · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:00:28 PM »

used to be, big time. not anymore.

_33 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:05:42 PM »

When my alarm goes off I'm so angry and sad. Wish I could be happy that it's morning.

pike · « **Reply #9 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:08:02 PM »

Quote from: _33 on April 05, 2011, 10:05:42 PM

When my alarm goes off I'm so angry and sad. Wish I could be happy that it's morning.

Same. If windows were cheaper I would consider breaking one every morning.

Cire · « **Reply #10 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:13:36 PM »

I started sleeping with my phone plugged in next to the bed so when the alarm goes off I can start bbs'ing immediately. it helps.

john "teach me how to" dougie · « **Reply #11 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:33:18 PM »

College killed the morning person in me. I think old age will bring it back.

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:52:55 PM »

Used to be able to stay up until 6am when I desired, and was never in bed before 2am. I wouldn't get up until noon. Had to set my class schedule so that I didn't have class until 12:30. Even then, I would sleep through those classes on occasion.

Now, it's rare for me to stay up past midnight, and I'm up before 6 most days. The only thing I had to do was start going to bed earlier. That self control was far more difficult than the self control it takes to get up in the morning.

'taterblast · « **Reply #13 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:57:32 PM »

it's all about going to bed earlier. which i don't do. if you're trying to be a morning person i suggest not subscribing to netflix because that is the main reason i'm never in bed before 2 am.

j-von · « **Reply #14 on:** April 06, 2011, 03:01:25 AM »

I work from home and am naturally a night person so I've basically turned into a vampire.

I can't seem to work at all in the morning and my real productivity happens between 11pm until 4-5am. Sleep usually starts between 5-6am and I wake up without an alarm around noon. Been doing that for years now with no real plans of changing it. Don't seem to miss much.

Trim · « **Reply #15 on:** April 06, 2011, 07:16:57 AM »

Quote from: j-vonfeldt on April 06, 2011, 03:01:25 AM

I work from home and am naturally a night person so I've basically turned into a vampire.

I can't seem to work at all in the morning and my real productivity happens between 11pm until 4-5am. Sleep usually starts between 5-6am and I wake up without an alarm around noon. Been doing that for years now with no real plans of changing it. Don't seem to miss much.

A hound's life...

_33 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:06:56 AM »

I'd like to hear from someone who was not a morning person and then became a morning person using some sort of step by step process. Is there anyone like that?

pissclams · « **Reply #17 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:08:40 AM »

Quote from: _33 on April 06, 2011, 08:06:56 AM

I'd like to hear from someone who was not a morning person and then became a morning person using some sort of step by step process. Is there anyone like that?

i used to be a huge anti-morning person. would go to bed at 1 am and get to work by 9 am everyday.

Quote from: emawblast on April 05, 2011, 10:57:32 PM

it's all about going to bed earlier. which i don't do. if you're trying to be a morning person i suggest not subscribing to netflix because that is the main reason i'm never in bed before 2 am.

this is it. i went through a period where i was working a lot of hours and would be wiped out by 9 pm or so, but i'd stay up until 10:30 then go to bed, wake up at 5:30 am, and do it all again. this went on for several months and pretty soon i got used to it.

after a while i changed jobs and didn't need to work all those hours but chose to work a 7-4 work day instead of an 8-5. no traffic in the mornings, no traffic after work, my work day is done an hour earlier than everyone else's, etc.

after your late 20's there's really no compelling reason to stay up past midnight on the weekdays anyways, -afraid you're going to miss a rerun of mash or something?

losers

Cire · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:52:23 AM »

Quote from: pissclams on April 06, 2011, 08:08:40 AM

Quote from: _33 on April 06, 2011, 08:06:56 AM
I'd like to hear from someone who was not a morning person and then became a morning person using some sort of step by step process. Is there anyone like that?

i used to be a huge anti-morning person. would go to bed at 1 am and get to work by 9 am everyday.

Quote from: emawblast on April 05, 2011, 10:57:32 PM
it's all about going to bed earlier. which i don't do. if you're trying to be a morning person i suggest not subscribing to netflix because that is the main reason i'm never in bed before 2 am.

this is it. i went through a period where i was working a lot of hours and would be wiped out by 9 pm or so, but i'd stay up until 10:30 then go to bed, wake up at 5:30 am, and do it all again. this went on for several months and pretty soon i got used to it.

after a while i changed jobs and didn't need to work all those hours but chose to work a 7-4 work day instead of an 8-5. no traffic in the mornings, no traffic after work, my work day is done an hour earlier than everyone else's, etc.

after your late 20's there's really no compelling reason to stay up past midnight on the weekdays anyways, -afraid you're going to miss a rerun of mash or something? losers

Maybe I am a morning person, I get to work about 7:00 to be finished by 4:00 too. 4:00 is a world away from 5:00 getting off work IMO.

pissclams · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:25:02 AM »

when i think of non-morning person, it's the crew of slobs that show up at work around 8:45-9:00 am every day. if you're consistently working at 7 am, meaning you're getting up around 6 or so, then you've most likey morphed into a morning person.

steve dave · « **Reply #20 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:26:17 AM »

I'm a morning person. I'm usually cruising the information super highway (internet) and checking my goEMAWs at about 5:45.

Cire · « **Reply #21 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:47:58 AM »

I guess I'm a morning person, but what about the people who get up at 4 to run 5 miles and work out in the morn?

Saulbadguy · « **Reply #22 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:48:55 AM »

I get up at 5:30-6:00 but don't really care for it. Get to work at 7:30, put headphones on for at least an hour so I don't get annoyed.

AppleJack · « **Reply #23 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:55:03 AM »

Love love love being a morning person, especially on the weekends. Get all my crap done first thing in the morning. Leaves my afternoons/evenings wide open.

Non-morning people - you would be surprised that your body doesnt need 9 hours of sleep to function. Try getting 6 and I bet you won't tell the difference. There is such a thing as too much sleep.

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #24 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:56:51 AM »

i get up early during the week. But sleep in till 10-11am on weekends. Just can't get up early on weekends.