How did you end up becoming a morning person?

Yeah, it's funny that they don't even seem to realize that the advice they're giving is self-contradictory.

"Be consistent." "Go to bed at the same time every night."

vs.

"Don't stay in bed if you can't sleep." "Don't get in bed until you feel sleepy."

You gotta pick one. You can't do both at the same time.

Also, a person whose circadian rhythm is longer than 24 hours is never going to be able to feel sleepy at the same time every night.

I’m a partner at one of the big 3 consulting firms. The client (Fortune 100) I’m supporting regularly has calls starting at 6am. And it’s not with Europe or Asia. The CEO and his main direct report or two like to get up early.

But then they’re late to the calls. And complain about people not being fully engaged. Or if they hear any background noise - people should be at the office by 6. It’s obnoxious. Self centered attitude. No wonder no one is dying to work here

If you’re a morning person, stop assuming everyone else should be.

In the summer between 6th and 7th grade, one of the local UHF channels was showing the entire seasons 1 and 2 of Star Blazers at 6:00 am each weekday. I had never seen Japanese anime before and was instantly hooked. In the early 80s this was the only way to see the entire series in order. Coincidentally, my older brother had a neighborhood paper route that he didn't want anymore so I agreed to take it over. If I was up and moving by 5:00 am I could deliver all the papers and be home in time to watch Star Blazers. I found that I enjoyed being out early in the morning before everyone else was awake. By the end of summer it was my routine. I did the morning paper route for several years into high school. Once I started running in the summer I would do my route and then go for my run. Now that I am in my 50s I still enjoy getting up early and being outside for a run or bike ride.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5oniErmeuE

A night owl wrote:

Guy Broman wrote:

Don't get in the bed until you feel ready to fall asleep. Eventually the act of getting into bed becomes a cue to fall asleep.

Some people suggest this. Others suggest to go to bed at the same time every night whether you are sleepy or not. So which works better? If I wait until I get sleepy, it will be 2-3am every "night" (or morning, technically speaking.)

I don't know if one will work better for any one person, just sharing what worked for me. It was definitely an unpleasant process for a bit.

By "consistency" I meant always doing the same thing in the bed: sleeping and only sleeping. For me, this did involve staying up late and going to bed at different times for awhile. I was already "staying up" that late, I was just doing it while thrashing around in bed.

This way, I got stuff done instead of just getting frustrated and making the problem worse. The idea was to train my brain that bed=sleep. It seemed to eventually work. I'm talking a month or more of this before I started going to bed a little earlier here, a little earlier there. If I wasn't out right away, then get back up, guess I'm up late today, thems the breaks.

I joined the Army. Now am a morning person for life.