Lark or Night owl?

[Alan]

Hi,

Are you one of those people who gets up with the lark, nice and early and does a lot? Or are you most lively and active late at night and a sort of night owl?

Alan
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[Daniela]

Hi Alan,
I would definitely classify myself as a lark, being more active and productive early in the morning. In the afternoons I prefer to stay at home, doing many things and none of them involving my mind too much.
I think it has something to do with the energy of the Sun. I like taking pictures of the sunrise, especially now in spring, this somehow charges my batteries for the day and I feel very energetic the first few hours in the morning. After that it's starting to fade away and I feel lazy and relaxed. This is giving me a lot of trouble in the periods when I have afternoon classes at school and I am looking for a way to change it. Does anyone happen to have a recipe?
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[Yankee]

Hi Alan and Daniela

I don't think I can strictly classify myself as a night owl, but I guess that would be my tendency. One thing is for sure: the morning shower and cup of coffee are definitely morning necessities.

But I'm also one of those people who is unable to 'sleep in' on weekends and holidays. I mean, I know people who have no trouble snoring away til noon on weekends. The most I can manage is an extra hour of sleep (if any at all). Once I'm awake, I just have to get up and get going.

Daniela, it sounds like fresh air invigorates you. Maybe something as simple as a brisk 15-minute walk in the great outdoors could help in the afternoon.

Amy

[Jamie (K)]

If I don't have a schedule for a few weeks, my body falls into its "natural" sleeping schedule, which is 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. It's only six hours, but at that odd time. Training myself to sleep at normal times is difficult once my jobs start back up.

[Conchita]

My problem is that I need at least seven to eight hours’ sleep to function at full capacity or to be relatively fit and fresh the next day – though I‘m reluctantly giving up on the ‘fresh’ bit! It’s such a loss of valuable time, don’t you think? How come nobody has invented a remedy for that yet? Just another one of my contradictions: while I actually enjoy sleeping, I usually have to force myself to go to bed – then I have great trouble waking up early in the morning.

[Daniela]

Hi Yankee,
Thanks for the advice. The thing is that walking is what I usually do - I walk to work and back, I walk with my daughter after her school, I walk to the gym where she has aikido and then back home, etc., etc. I love walking so much. When I used to have a car I never used it in the town, even in rainy days. It's like a pill you take so often that eventually it doesn't have any effect because your body is so much used to it. Perhaps I should think of an afternoon drive for a change
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[Tom]

Amy wrote:

the morning shower and cup of coffee are definitely morning necessities.

Hello

Sorry for me being such a killjoy, but I would really like to know if the phrase in red would need some article. In other words, is it just a typo or no article is required?

Tom

[Jamie (K)]

[Tom]

Thank you, Jamie

I did see the there at the start of the sentence, but was thinking that it could be:

[Conchita]

[Yankee]

[Torsten]

Well, sometimes I like to burn the candle at both ends especially during the spring and summer months. Up until a couple of years ago I would often worry about not getting enough sleep when I went to bed late but then I read How to become an early riser by Steve Pavlina (very resourceful person) and ever since I have no problems falling asleep and getting up in the morning. However, I usually need an alarm clock because my body is programmed in a similar fashion as Jamie described. By the way, I guess this summer I will be working mainly during the night hours because the weather forecast says this will be hottest summer we've ever had in Europe....
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[NinaZara]

In the Malay culture, we are not allowed or it is a bad habit to sleep after the morning prayer, my mom always says if I sleep after waking up for the prayer, I will become lazy. I was forced to go to bed at 8 when I was in primary school and at 9 in high school and woke up around 5 in the morning.My father didn't allow me to study late at night because he believes I have to train my brain to think in the morning or the day time because I will only have exams during the day.

But now I feel this rule hard to follow now that I live in a four season country. The morning prayers' time change every season. Sometimes it's 2 in the morning, today it's 3:21 a.m. and around 6 or 7 in winter. It's 2:00 a.m while I'm writing this now and I just have to wait for the morning prayer before going to bed or else I will surely miss it.So today I'm a night owl.

Nina

[Aleaf]

I really like to get up with the lark and then jogging or doin something i like such as cleaning up my bedroom , watering flowers and so on.
As folks say:"An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.And a day in the spring is worth two in the others three seasons." Getting up early makes me feel a fresh day is waiting for me and not only air becomes fresher but also the sunlight becomes brighter.

But my present job doesn't allow me to go to bed early so most of the time i feel i am not leading a life. i hate being a night owl.These 7 days are exceptions because i am on vacation, i can go to bed as early as i wish.
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[Torsten]

Hi Aleaf,

It's great to hear you are on holiday and have a little time to relax. You are right, getting up early means that an entire day is waiting for you and that's usually a good feeling. You say that your job requires you to stay up late. Could you please tell us more about your job? Do you work shifts? What time do you start working in the morning?
Talk to you soon,
Torsten
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