I am a night owl.
Of course, I've always known this about myself. I am more productive at night, I love the solitude, the darkness, and the artificial light. I love sleeping in--even if I get as much sleep as I would otherwise, just knowing that I don't have to get up and get work done before I go to class allows me to sleep more soundly. When I wake up, I don't fe
el the panic of a new day and all the work I have to do--because I did it all the night before. I can leisurely shower, read the news, maybe even make breakfast (aka lunch) and then run errands or go to class or whatever. Then in the evening I can see my friends, make dinner, and then at 10 or 11 (depending on how much I have to do) I can get to work until 3 or 4. Sleep until noon. Rinse and repeat.
I have repressed my inner night owl for sometime because there is something in our culture that looks down on it--all that early to bed/early to rise stuff. But my body just doesn't work the way Benjamin Franklin thinks it ought to--and I refuse to feel guilty if my body is happier getting work done after everyone else goes to bed.
4 comments:
Welcome to the flock. Naysayers be damned.
Well at least you are admitting it now.
I'm completely the opposite. I'd love to be able to go to bed at 7 and wake up 12 hours later. Is that a problem?
I enjoyed your post... I have a very good friend that is a LOT like that... you'd be good friends I think - if he was a girl, I'd say it's a match made in heaven, but... um, lets not go there. :)
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