Are you a Morning Person?

United States
February 7, 2008 11:11pm CST
I can confidently say that I am not a morning person. I have an eight o'clock and nine o'clock class and I get up about 20 minutes before I leave for each. I would really like to be able to wake up earlier, I think it would be great to have all of that extra time and just kind of enjoy slowly getting ready for the day, but no matter how many times I set my alarm to get up early I always end up shutting it off and going back to bed. Are you a morning person or not? If you are, how do you get up so early?!
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13 responses
@nempel (139)
• Indonesia
8 Feb 08
hello kmdoughert, actually I'm the same with you, I can't wake up early on the morning, but since my works needs me to do that, so what can I do, If I'm not wake up early, I would not get any salaries and that means I don't get money to eat, bytheway I have a little tips for you, you should change your alarm to loudest one, and put it a little farter than right now, if you able find a place that requiries you to walk or to do somethin more effort to turn off the alarm, may be that can help you.
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@SukiSmiles (1991)
• United States
8 Feb 08
I am not a morning person either. When I was in college I would always try to not have any classes until noon. That didn't always happen, but it did most of the time. I just like to stay up late I guess. But now that I have kids, I have to wake up and get them up too for school. It can be so hard for me. I keep hitting the snooze button in the morning.
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
9 Feb 08
Im not really a morning person. Im very slow in the morning it usally takes me an hour to get fully awake. I am pretty grumpy if someone tries to get me up lol. And I just cant wake up instantly I need to set my alarm for 2 or 3 hours before I wake up because I love that feeling when you wake up and you realise you still have a few hours of sleep. But if I wake up instantly I just feel tired for some reason.
• Australia
9 Feb 08
i think i'm surly not a morning person,i always get up late,even if i've woke up ,i would lie there.....
@praykin (350)
• United States
8 Feb 08
As you can tell you are not alone lol I am not a morning person too, During the week I would say by 4:30 to 5 am my house is up from adult to kids getting ready for work and school so there is really no choice for me then because all the noise that they end up making wakes me up. My cure is on the weekends lol.
• Canada
9 Feb 08
i am definatly not a morning person. if i had my way i'd sleep until about noon everyday. well, i do when im off... i work in a convenience store that opens at 7am so have to crawl out of bed at around 6. It's usually about 11am before im functioning properly. and then i go home and go back to bed for a few hours once im off. ive never liked morning. even going to school id be falling asleep eating my cereal in the morning. i dont have any idea how i managed to pass my morning classes :p
• United States
8 Feb 08
I am a nite and morning person. I know that kind of sounds impossible, but I sometimes love to get up early, and other times I love to stay up late.
@rosey3223 (1566)
• United States
8 Feb 08
I have never been and I think I never will be a morning person!! Since I was about 12 I would stay up til about midnight and then be a pain in the butt for my mom to wake me up. As I got older, the later I would stay up. Even now it's 3:40 in the morning and I'm wide awake. Somehow, thankfully, I've gotten my kids to sleep in late with me...LoL!! But my mother in law is one of those that can go to bed at like one in the morning and still be able to get up by six. I've asked her many times how in the heck can she do it and even she doesn't know. She's always had that internal clock that wakes her up by six no matter what time she goes to bed. I'm glad I'm not like that!!
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
8 Feb 08
I am definitely not a morning person. I never way. I like the night and to stay up until late. I like to walk my dog late at night and I am usually much more alert at night. I can wake up early, but if I didn't have to I would be the kind of person that stays up almost all night. THere are some wonderful mornings that I actually enjoy but I still prefer the night overall.
@nengs10 (3180)
• Philippines
8 Feb 08
Before, I was one since I was going to school early in the morning. And I have to be alert in class or else I would be the main course of my professor. And now, since I'm working in the afternoon. That made me an afternoon or evening person. Those times in a day make me shine and glare in energy.
@eyewitness (1575)
• Netherlands
8 Feb 08
I love the mornings.When i'm off from work i do get up early.When i work i get up at 6 and when i'm off i get up at 8 because i don't want to miss the mornings.I want to hear the sound of the birds.I like the afternoons too but the nights i don't like.A great start of the day is very important for me.
@DarkAng3L (106)
• Romania
8 Feb 08
I'm not a morning person at all. I wake up early only because I have to and my job requires that, but on weekends I sleep until noon. I work better at night (when is dark), I don't know why but my brain works better then. I don't like mornings, I always am grumpy because I don't feel that well rested (because I go to sleep late at night). I wish I'd have a job where I can choose the starting hours of work. Oh well, the world is not that perfect, nor how I like it to be.
@honeylore23 (1081)
• United States
8 Feb 08
If waking up early defines that morning person, will I can say I am one of them. No matter how late I go to bed, no matter how tired I am I always wake up before 6:00 and sometimes exactly 6:00 o'clock. I sometimes tell myself, I will wake up at 8:00am especially on days I am really tired, but then I am awake before 6:00am am, and no matter how much effort I make to go to sleep again, I can't sleep again. I usually don't sleep during daytime. Maybe that was the result on how my mother train us. She always make sure we wake up before the sun set because according to her, it is not advisable to wake up late, it would make you lazy as you will feel very heavy, whereas if you wake up early you seem to be energetic the whole day. I prove it is true. You try to observed the difference when you wake up early and when you up late and tell me if it is not true. :-)