Night Owls vs Morning People

[Cyberdelius]

I'm a night owl as well. I have to be as I work overnights. I wake up at 4pm everyday and go to sleep at 8 in the morning. What I can agree with this article on is that it does make me somewhat unreliable. Need me to be somewhere at 1pm? Fuck you, I'm sleeping. Need me to be somewhere at 5pm? Fuck you, I just woke up. There are exceptions, but those are rare. If anyone needs me to be somewhere or do something for them, most of the time they're shit out of luck unless I like them enough to do so. (Example: Raye tells me there is some kind of emergency and she needs me to be somewhere, I'll more than likely be there.)

And I can also agree to a certain extent about us being "emotionally unstable". I'm paranoid by nature. I honestly can't help it. Everyone else who works the nightshift where I work, save for one person, is a full fledged honest asshole. There's a reason we work the nightshift, and it's usually due to lack of fucks we all give. A lot of the people there are angry, rude, and can be annoyed at the drop of a dime.

However, a lot of them are very intelligent. They go to college, they work hard, they get their shit done. I'm the same way in that regard. I work overnights, I stay up all night, and I go to school, do my work, get it done in time, and I maintain a 3.8 GPA. The way that I look at it is; the early bird may get a worm, yes. However, the bird that was already up hours before hand got plenty of them before that asshole showed up.

I don't see being a night owl as a weakness in the slightest. I view it as a strength... albeit a strength that most people take for granted and piss down the drain.

[The Question]

I much prefer the night to the morning. I feel better and I find I almost naturally have more energy. I never really fret about not getting a lot of sleep. I feel if you had an enjoyable night, then a lack of sleep is more than worth it.

Here recently, I've begun getting up around 7-8 AM because of my recent employment having me working mornings. I'm not exactly a morning person but if I'm getting paid for it, then I'll be as chipper and perky as they want me to be. I do have a habit of snapping at people when they asking me too many questions early in the morning but not at work. Just my loved ones.

[kryceks]

I'm usually a night person. I stay up till about 3 or 4 in the morning on the Internet, watching movies or doing something productive. But I usually can't sleep in past 10pm. I work second shift so I usually don't have to be up really early, at least not until Fall when I go back to school. Then I have to be up for 8am classes. I'll be tired as all hell, but when I get home, I still can't fall asleep until 1 or 2 in the morning.

It surprises me that studies show night owls have higher IQs. I suppose that if an evening person is well rested, they can be more focused on their studies and their logic. But I don't see why a well rested morning person can't do the same. I think that people just function differently during during different times.

[L]

I don't feel very smart, even though I feel like just about everyone else in the world is a mongoloid. But that sure was something to read haha.

i don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but i feel like this is about as legit as the staring at breasts thing

[Lirael]

I go to sleep around 12 and wake up between 7:30 and 9am, so I'd consider myself a morning bird. I am certainly conscientious and apt to co-operate - my employers have praised me for being incredibly reliable and flexible. I also find it easier to handle academic pressure than my boyfriend Chris, who I'd place in the night owl category (he goes to sleep between 1 and 2, gets to sleep around 2/3 and wakes up between 10 and 11).

I wouldn't say I'm less intelligent than the night owls I know. I suppose I do work very hard and my achievements always reflect how much work I put in, but I am able to grasp complex concepts - it's remembering them which takes some work! Organising essays also takes me a month, as opposed to 1 or 2 all nighters.

I do find it easier to focus on tasks after my parents go to sleep around 9:30/10pm, so I can understand why night owls may be more productive. The night is less distracting and somehow the quiet promotes focus.

[Catnip]

I am pretty sure the reason I stay up late is because I have an internet connection, nothing more. Then I wake up so late in the day that it is my morning and I don't feel tired till very late at night.

All of this. What a fucking adorable article though.

[Ultron]

I'm a night owl

But honestly, I stay up late because I have the internet. Without it....well, I'll stay up till about 2 am so I guess that's still late.

THIS^

I usually stay up late reading things on the internet and playing games. Last I checked I have an IQ of 111, which is above average. I guess I'm just not motivated (unreliable) and my GPA was crap in high school... So, certain things about this seem to be true about myself. As for others? I'm not sure.