Are you a night owl or an early bird?

China
November 25, 2007 10:31am CST
Are you a morning person or an evening person or a mix of both? I can't say wether I'm a night owl or an early bird. I know that going to sleep early and get up early is a healthy way of life. But when it comes to me, I just find it hard to put myself into bed when it is time to sleep. I feel that a lot of things are left undone. And when I wake up in the morning, I regret that I didn't go to bed early. What about you? What's your sleeping pattern?
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@shakeroo (3986)
• Malaysia
25 Nov 07
I guess I am more of an owl rather than an early bird. LOL! I would not be able to slep early and therefore, I always have problems to wake up early. I know that it os not a healthy lifestyle but I am so used to it that it has become a habit that is hard to break.
• China
25 Nov 07
Yeah, I know. I always wanted to start a healthy lifestyle but it seems hard. LOL. Now I'm staying up late again!
• Canada
23 Apr 08
I am a night owl. I have to force myself to go to bed before midnight
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
26 Nov 07
I am definitely a night owl, I function better at night, I can get a lot more done and my brain is in third gear in the late hours, I am not a morning person at all, I am tired, grouchy, grumpy and cannot function at all, I do not like the mornings and rather go to bed late and get up late. It's what my body is used to.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
26 Nov 07
Im more of an early bird. I use to a night person but that was many moons ago!LOL When I was young and single. Now I find I go to bed early and wake up early and I can get alot done.
• Pakistan
3 Dec 07
No I am not a night owl I am an early bird. I use to get up early in the morning with all of the living and non living things in this universe. I feel that every thing wake up early in the morning and every thing sleep at nigh. Sun goes to bed, earth goes to bed, every scene wear the black blanket at night and every thing enjoy calm and peaceful asleep at night. I too go to my bed and sleep at night and get up early in the morning. I am not a night owl, I am like an early bird.
• United States
26 Nov 07
I sleep incredably strange right now. I used to be a night owl, stay up late, get up late. Well, in the past six months my husband got a job that means he has to be up at 4:30. I have found that sleeping through him getting ready is near impossible. So, I have been getting up with him. At first I tried to go to bed with him, but it has been really hard. Which means I usually go to bed about 1:30-4:30, work on stuff for as long as I can while the baby is asleep, sleep from 7:30-8:30 or 9 (depending on when the baby gets up) and then I usually end up taking a nap when the baby does around 12 or 1. I thought if I eliminated the nap that I would be so tired that I would go to sleep on time, but it doesn't work. I lay there and toss and turn and think. So, I end up getting up. If I could be, I would be a full time night owl and see 4:30 most nights (just on the other side of them).
• India
26 Nov 07
i am a night owl i can't sleep early and sit late nights and when reading also i can concentrate only during nights.but this doesn't disturb my daily routine.i get up aat 7 am and do my things and chores at time to go to office.
• Philippines
26 Nov 07
I'm definitely a night owl. I sit before my pc from 6pm till dawn and you cannot believe how many things I've the middle of those wee hours...
@sophylline (1041)
• Philippines
26 Nov 07
Hi there. I would say that at this point I am an evening person. I wake up at 10am and sleep between 1:30am to 2:30am. I also would like to change this habit. But I know if I need to wake up erly for some reason, like work, then I can adjust. Although it would be hard for the first couple of days, but after some time I get use to it. But the problem goes back, when I do not need to wake up early, I tend to go back the latter schedule which means I tend to sleep really late. Maybe you could also make yourself wake up earlier, I know you would feel groggy and sleepy through out the day, but eventually you would be sleeping earlier. So, for me that's the key, to make yourself sleep earlier and wake up earlier.
@eyewitness (1575)
• Netherlands
26 Nov 07
I am a morning person.I love to be woken up by the sond of birds and stuff. I don't like the evenings with the dark and stuff.When i wake up early i feel like i can do more on a day than when i wake up too late.I always go to bed on time so i won't wake up too late.
@fanji008 (775)
• China
26 Nov 07
Hi,there! I think I'm more like a mixture. I somehow sleep late in the evening cause if I go to bed earlier than usual,it's somehow pretty hard for me to fall asleep. My company is somehow far from my house so that I have to get up early in the morning. Now it's the winter time,I'm really unwilling to get up but I have to:( Sometimes when I sleep too late,I feel somehow sleepy the next day. Then I tell myself to go to bed earlier that day,but when it comes to the evening,I forget about that and still go to bed late. It's somehow hard to change the sleeping pattern:) Thanks for the discussion and have a nice day!
@loolets2 (106)
• United States
26 Nov 07
Night owl most definitely. Although I like to tan in the summer, I am more awake and active at night. I can't really explain it. But I love sleeping late and going to bed in the a.m.
• Philippines
26 Nov 07
I am definitely nocturnal. I am more productive, more creative and more hardworking at night rather than during the day. Another reason also is because most of my favorite TV shows are shown late at night. Oh,those late at night shows! Also, the silence of the night provides a great working environment for somebody (like me) who is easily distratcted
@numb2k3 (135)
• Philippines
26 Nov 07
I sleep very very late at night and I wake up at noon. This is what I do when I do not have classes or on weekends. So, I guess that makes me a night owl right?
@sherinek (3320)
• United States
26 Nov 07
We go to bed by 9.30 and wake up at 5 am. Kids go to bed at 8.30 and wake up at 5.15. Sometimes, if there is a good programme i watch until around 11 or so. But still i wake up at 5.00. But during weekends, we have the luxury of sleeping until 6.30. So i dont think we have a pattern as such. but I think its easier to rise early if you go to bed early.
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
26 Nov 07
i am definitely an early bird... i always sleep at around 10 pm and wake up at around 6 am the next day because me and my hubby are both working in the morning... anyway, on weekends, we do sleep quite late as we don't have to wake up early the next day... but still the latest i wake up is around 10.30 am... that is already very very late for me... :-)
@subha12 (18441)
• India
26 Nov 07
i must say i am an early bird. i go to bed early and wake up early. i try to finish most of my job early in the day. this is my habit. when there are loads of pressure i try to do as much as i can and then sleep in time.
@try32ends (207)
• India
26 Nov 07
I am definitely a night owl. I go late into the night, as late as 2am. It's almost like I cant drag myself to the bed for a night's sleep. And I get up at 9am. So that rules me out of the "early bird" contention. :P
• Poland
26 Nov 07
Rather a mix of them. I do like sleeping longer, yet most of the time I just wake up around 7 AM. I do also like to stay longer (am I really PC-addicted? :/) in the night, but around 11 -12 PM I go to bed.
• China
26 Nov 07
i guess i am an evening owl. i like to do things at night.it is very quiet ,so i can concentrate on studying english and thinking about something.