# If Allowed, What Time Would You Wake Up Everyday? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205 "2001-10-18T13:43:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/1 "2001-10-18T13:43:32Z")
If you could sleep as late as you wanted. You know not have to go to work, get the kids ready or take out that smelly nasty garbage before the truck passes your house. What time would that be? For me it would be 9:30ish 10:00 am. I could stay up past midnight and not be tired the rest of the day after I woke up. What about y’all? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/2 "2001-10-18T13:45:26Z")
9 a.m. Which is when my son and I would wake up during summer vacation. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/3 "2001-10-18T13:54:11Z")
It would most likely be 6:30 am. As it is now I get up everyday at 2:00 am. I go to bed at 10’ish so I’d get plenty of sleep that way. ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/4 "2001-10-18T13:56:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amazing Tiki God \* > \*\*It would most likely be 6:30 am. As it is now I get up everyday at 2:00 am. I go to bed at 10’ish so I’d get plenty of sleep that way. \*\* Are you sleep deprived. Sheesh how can you operate on 4 hours? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/5 "2001-10-18T14:05:09Z")
Yesterday I work up at 8:52 pm. The day before it was 9:24 pm. I’d like to wake up a little earlier than that. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/6 "2001-10-18T14:11:11Z")
how about, “if you could get up as early as you want?” I seem to have a problem that no matter when I go to sleep I can’t seem to get out of bed before 10ish without an alarm. Seriously, I could go to bed at 11 and not get up until 10. If I could I’d get up at 6AM, so I could have breakfast and read the paper in the morning sunlight. While I’m wishing I’d also like a pony. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/7 "2001-10-18T14:12:54Z")
The ideal wake up time for me is between 9-10:00AM. I’d occasionally wake up earlier but the 9-10AM time slot is really my wake up comfort zone. Unfortunately I have to wake up between 6-6:30 AM every weekday. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/8 "2001-10-18T14:13:20Z")
When I was done sleeping. That way I could go to bed when I was tired and wake up when I wasn’t tired any more. And if I was doing something and wanted to stay up a little later, I’d be able to sleep later, too. It’s really a shame, ain’t it? Never getting all the sleep you really need. Sucks how sleep has become a luxury. ---
**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/9 "2001-10-18T14:31:19Z")
~7 or 8 I get up now at 5:30…anyway, sleeping late doesn’t work for me because if the sun is up, I’m up ---
**Author:** ![Bartman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/10 "2001-10-18T14:34:40Z")
7:00am. That way I see the morning, and can do some light reading before work. Lucky for me that is when I do wake up nearly every morning. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/11 "2001-10-18T14:37:05Z")
Probably about 9. Any later than 9 and I get a headache. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/12 "2001-10-18T15:03:57Z")
Two hours later every day, with a corresponding going-to-bed two hours later every night. I need a 26-hour clock. Maybe I’m Bajoran. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/13 "2001-10-18T15:05:01Z")
I won’t know the answer till I retire. I think I’m a morning person by nature - I don’t enjoy being up late at night. But even if I have a late night on the weekend, I’m up early because the idiot dogs have to be let out. Wild guess - 7-ish. That’ll be sleeping in compared to getting up at 5 like I do now. ---
**Author:** ![Stiletto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Stiletto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stiletto)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/14 "2001-10-18T15:50:00Z")
Definitely 10:00. As it is now, I usually go to sleep between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m., and I have to be up by 7. But on weekends, I generally am up by 10:00. -Stil ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/15 "2001-10-18T17:27:17Z")
Most people are on a 16 hours up / 8 sleeping cycle, which works out nicely for getting up at the same time every day. When I’m allowed to set my own sleep times, I get on a 27 hour schedule. 17 up / 10 asleep. So every day I move a little bit further around the clock. I think I could also do a 24 up / 12 asleep cycle, which would be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/16 "2001-10-18T19:41:36Z")
If I had the choice, I would never sleep. There are things that I could fill all those wasted hours with. Left to my own devices, I seem to get up at about 9:00 am if I goto sleep between 1:00 am and 3:00 am. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/17 "2001-10-18T20:35:28Z")
Seriously - I am a late sleeper… 10-11am when I was in college & had nothing to do that day. Gimme at LEAST 8 hours to be a happy camper. Mr Pol’s an early riser tho - even on weekends he’s up by 7, usually. He’s learned over the years… sometimes he wakes up grumpy, other times he lets me sleep… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/18 "2001-10-18T21:08:05Z")
A few hours after sunset-3 AM. I’m the penultimate morning person - I metabolically collapse after about 9 o’clock. I instinctively get sleepy when the sun sets, too. About an hour after the sun sets, I feel the need to shower (depending on the time of year - summer, I often shower during daylight hours). 'Course, if I had my choice, I’d take my sleep in 3-hour intervals - an hour and a half asleep, three awake, hour and a half asleep… ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/19 "2001-10-18T21:17:37Z")
About an hour and a half after I do now - Around eight-thirty. It’s still early enough that you have time to do stuff with your day. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205/20 "2001-10-18T21:51:40Z")
Well, during the summer, when I don’t have to work at any set time, I generally get up at about 8 or 8:30. But I don’t really mind getting up at 6, most mornings, as long as I’ve gotten to bed at a decent hour the previous night. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-allowed-what-time-would-you-wake-up-everyday/88205.md?page=2)