“The Tyranny of Morning People”

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

Morning People

I was a night person for the first 35 years of life or so. I even got a job that generally had me working no earlier than noon, and as late as midnight. I loved it! But when circumstances changed, so did I. Now it’s up at 6 AM M-F and off to work, finish circa 3:45 PM, home, and generally lights out by 11 PM. Now on weekends if I sleep until 8 AM, it seems late. Humans are pretty adaptable, frankly.

That was written by me in 2004. I continued to pretend to be a morning person until my retirement in July 2022. I’ve now reverted to my original persona, that of a night person. Though I still go to sleep generally by 11 pm now, I may arise anywhere from 7 to 9:30 AM and I like it that way. I also nap nearly every day too, anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Naps are wondrous things.