Do you like waking up before the sun rises?

@TheHorse (217901)
Walnut Creek, California
October 18, 2017 9:25am CST
Now that I'm working more at my friend's preschool, I have to get up at 6 AM most mornings. I actually enjoy it--it reminds me of the days when we'd get up at about 5:30 to stack hay up in Montana before it got hot. Here's a picture of the sunrise the other morning, when the haze from the fires to the North was still pretty thick. The sky should have been blue. Do you like waking up before the sun?
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@FourWalls (67384)
• United States
18 Oct 17
Only if the sun doesn't come up until noon.
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@pitstop (13727)
• Australia
18 Oct 17
That sounds like a plan!!
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Oct 17
It's always dark when I get up at 3:30 to get ready to go to the pool. Now dawn seems to be happening about the time I'm getting out of the pool to come home. I don't mind it.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Oct 17
Seems like the sun is starting to rise here around 6:45 or 7 AM. I'll have to check.
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Oct 17
@TheHorse That sounds about right, since it's been still dark when I come out of the Y at that time. It's different having to turn my lights on when I leave the Y. Signs of the times. Winter is coming. Soon we'll be turning those clocks, and really messing up when the sun comes up.
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@ptrikha_2 (46831)
• India
23 Oct 17
@just4him 3:30 - that is very very early ! Do you sleep by 9 P.M ?
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@vandana7 (100127)
• India
18 Oct 17
I like to get up when sleep leaves me and not when the alarm clock dictates that I get up. Yes, early mornings are beautiful.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
I do that on weekends. But I still wind up rising pretty early.
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@allknowing (135331)
• India
19 Oct 17
I am an early riser and yes the sun still sleeps while I am up
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Oct 17
Right now, it's 6:45 AM and I'm waiting for the sun to come up.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
18 Oct 17
No I don't - I often don't go to bed until the sun is coming up.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
19 Oct 17
@TheHorse Yup, being retired I can go to bed whenever I feel like it.
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• Midland, Michigan
19 Oct 17
I consider myself a night owl, Janet, but not quite where I stay up until the sun rises unless I'm working that is.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
Yikes! Is that by design?
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
18 Oct 17
5:30 to 600am is also my usual wake up.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
What things do you get done first?
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
@ilocosboy Heh, that's the first thing I start as well.
@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
19 Oct 17
Oh coffee, I cannot start my day without my cup of coffee. While sipping my coffee I would roam around the garden to see the plants, then to our pets.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
20 Oct 17
Yes, it is beautiful to wake up before the sun. Unfortunately, It wakes up to early for me as I go to bed late but don't want to get up in the morning.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
20 Oct 17
@TheHorse No, I don't. I should sleep more but life is too interesting.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Oct 17
Do you get enough sleep?
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Oct 17
@1hopefulman That's kind of the way I feel. Off to band practice.
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@marguicha (222381)
• Chile
18 Oct 17
Beautiful! But only in pictures. I am a night bird and prefer sunsets.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Oct 17
I am an early bird AND a night owl. Does that mean I'd better check to see if I'm getting enough sleep?
@cttolledo (5454)
• Legaspi, Philippines
18 Oct 17
No. I always woke up after sunrise. It's maybe because I am living near my office location.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Nov 17
That makes sense. I enjoy waking up early. As long as there's coffee around.
@DaddyEvil (137249)
• United States
19 Oct 17
I wake up a lot of the time before the sun rises, pony. Sometimes very early in the morning, like at 3 am or so. Other times I wake up with my alarm at 8:30 am.
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@DaddyEvil (137249)
• United States
19 Oct 17
@TheHorse IDK. Nothing, as far as I can tell. I usually myLot for a bit and then go back to sleep.
@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
What makes you wake up at 3 AM? When I wake up at 3 AM, I usually just had a dream or something. I get back to sleep pretty quickly.
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@MALUSE (69373)
• Germany
18 Oct 17
I can't answer the question because I never wake up before sunrise. If I have to for some reason or other, I'm grumpy for the whole day.
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@MALUSE (69373)
• Germany
19 Oct 17
@TheHorse I usually ungrump during the day.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
Are you implying that there are days when you're not grumpy?
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
19 Oct 17
I go to bed early and get up very early so am up way before others wake up in the morning and before the sun starts to rise.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Nov 17
Do you enjoy waking up early? I try to get something done before I head off to work.
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
8 Nov 17
@TheHorse Yes, I do like waking up early once I am up for awhile.
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
18 Oct 17
I'm always late waking up in the morning. Before I used to because the time of work is 6 am so I need to get up at exactly 4:30.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
That might be a bit early for me. 4:30 AM makes me think of 6:30 AM el-cheapo flights I have to catch.
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@svihel (16)
28 Feb 18
I like to wake up early and before even taking shower, I do my yoga session - it gives me nice energy and makes me feel ready for whatever comes during the day.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Feb 18
Yoga sounds good. I should do more stretching in the morning.
@svihel (16)
1 Mar 18
@TheHorse Try some morning yoga tutorials on youtube - there are many short practices of only 10 mins, but even these make you feel better. I am talking from my own experience - yoga helps me sort of slowly wake up. I also feel like my posture has improved overall.
• Midland, Michigan
19 Oct 17
© 2017 Marsha Musselman All Rights Reserved. Recent sunrise in parking lot when leaving work.
If I happen to be up before the sun I like to see the sunrise or the clouds and the colors as the sun rises. But, I don't particularly like to be up that early, no. I tend to be a night owl. I wasn't allowed to stay up late when I was young, and Id on't remember how late I stayed up once I left home, but as I got older it was easy staying up until mid morning if I could sleep in until nine or ten or so. I have worked jobs where I had to be to work at seven am, but I shy away from those when I have the choice in the matter. I did happen to be up before the sun recently since I had to work the midnight shift at my cashiering job. In fact, when I left on Monday morning a few other workers that just left were commenting on the sky. I looked and it looked rather gray to me until I got in my car and looked toward the sunrise. I'm going to try to find my picture of that morning.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Oct 17
Looks pretty! I like seeing things like that.
@tzwrites (4835)
• Romania
19 Oct 17
I hate getting up before 7:30 AM but if it's nice and sunny then it aint so bad
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 Oct 17
I don't even know what it's going to be! It's 6:51 AM and I just see a little light on the horizon.
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
18 Oct 17
I don't mind it that much. Three days a week usually I get up at five
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Oct 17
How come you have to get up so early?
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
20 Oct 17
@TheHorse gym and writing time before work but some days I do go in at five
• Guangdong, China
19 Oct 17
well, sometimes I get up early before sunrise, its feeling good.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Nov 17
With daylight savings time gone, I'm waking up WITH the sun now.
@nangayo (2290)
• Nairobi, Kenya
19 Oct 17
I always have to wake up before sunrise to manage my work. I am so used to it that feel uncomfortable when the sun rises while am in bed.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
I think I'm becoming that way now.
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• Cuddalore, India
19 Oct 17
Usually I used to wake up at 5:30 AM .Its because I am having lectures at 8 .I have to be inside the college campus at 7:30. I will board the bus usually between 6:20 or 6:30. If I left my college bus I would get in trouble .So I usually wake up at 5:30 to 5:45.
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@TheHorse (217901)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Oct 17
That sounds early! But it makes for a productive day. What classes are you taking?