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I like getting up early. In theory.
I love getting up and having the whole day stretch before me, filled with possibilities. I love it when I’ve accomplished a ton of things before the clock has even hit noon. I love the way getting up extra early literally gives me more hours in the day.
But you know what else I love? Sleeping in. Not setting an alarm and just getting up when I feel like it.
I think this comes down to more then being a morning or night person. I’m definitely a night owl but I love the mornings for getting work done. Is the question really a matter of liking extra sleep more then I like a few extra hours of productivity? Or are some people genuinely more productive at certain hours of the day?
If you have the luxury of being able to set your own hours, do you set an alarm and get up early or do you sleep until you feel like getting up? Do you often long for the opposite?
What role does sleep and your alarm clock play in your work week?
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I sleep in and get my best work done at night..I’ve always been that way..I wish I was a morning person, but it wouldn’t make me more productive because I’d be in a coma until noon anyway.
I like to sleep in and work late into the night/morning. But that does create havoc for me when interacting with the rest of the planet, which seems to favor the opposite. I try to get up earlier and so still set an alarm… but I find I ignore the alarm much of the time. Another thing on my to-do list… get to sleep earlier and wake up earlier.
I’ve always found it unfair that the working world seems to be run by morning people. It makes it difficult for those of us who aren’t. I’ve always been a night owl – just ask my mom, who put up with endless nights of me staying awake ’til all hours when I was little 🙂
When I have a choice, I prefer to sleep in and work until the wee hours. When I don’t have a choice, I get up as late as I can get away with.