# “The Tyranny of Morning People”

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 4, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tyranny-of-morning-people/992608 "2023-11-04T21:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tyranny-of-morning-people/992608/18 "2023-11-05T01:00:43Z")

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> [@Morning People](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-people/281779/12):
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> 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.

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