I used to be an extreme night owl, or maybe it was just sleeping problems. In any case, I go to bed earlier than I used to (I try to shoot for 10 PM.)
There have been some clashes between me and my roommate, who is a night owl who gets up at noon or so. Though admittedly, they may be my fault, and be a result of me being selfish. Maybe I’m being unfair if I don’t want to be kept awake at midnight by my roommate having long late-night phone conversations, or for wanting to practice my clarinet in the late morning.
…or does that make me indirectly look smug? Not sure.
I hate that I have been incapable of sleeping past 6 AM my whole life, and much more often wake up around 5 AM. Since I also need a little more sleep than the average person, this means I MUST go to sleep around 9:30 PM to avoid chronic fatigue. I often manage to do this, but it can be hard — society (including travel schedules, etc.) just isn’t set up for early-to-bedders, and I hate being a nuisance to those around me about this. (Also the annoyance of having to tiptoe around for hours some mornings, waiting for others to wake up).
So, if I’m occasionally smug about getting stuff done in early mornings, consider it just compensation for the curse of being an early riser.
6:30am here. Got new GPS units on the dogs collars that my Wife and I want to test. We want to be able to do some off leash walking with them. My Wife will leave in about 15 minutes to take a walk in the woods with our dogs. I will see how far they get before the GPS units on the dog collars can’t send a signal back to my receiver that then has a Bluetooth connection to my phone. Kind of an interesting set up.
If I was planning elective surgery, I’d be OK with a surgeon (and O.R. team) that were early risers, provided they operated on me early in the day, and not in mid-afternoon or later.
This especially applies to surgeons with lots of procedures on their schedule. You don’t want to be a urologist’s 5th robotic prostatectomy of the day.
