bertine ([personal profile] bertine) wrote2012-03-20 09:10 am
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Mornings

How do you become a morning person?


PS, I need to start wearing my mouth guard every night.
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[identity profile] heathrow.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering I have a child who wakes up at 6:30 AM for the last 8 years, I wish I was a morning person. :) I do a good impersonation of one.

The secret is going to bed at a really reasonable hour. Not midnight, but like 10:30 or 11. I suck at that, but that's the secret...

[identity profile] styletax.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally agree with going to bed earlier. I start to wind down at 9:00 and try to be in bed by 10:00.

I do have the benefit of being able to fall asleep super fast and sleep really hard, but I think just giving yourself more time to chill and sleep makes getting up way easier.

[identity profile] bertine.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I am a good sleeper, I just stay up late because Zach only needs 6.5 hours of sleep. So he stays up until midnight and is awake by 6:30. I stay up with him and drag myself out of bed at 8.

[identity profile] avecvu.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't.

I've been getting up at 5:30am for over a year now, and I still am miserable every single time.

[identity profile] damncutekitty.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I think a person can get used to getting up early, but you can't really make yourself be a "morning person".

[identity profile] absenthine.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea how to become a morning person, but if I figure it out, I'll let you know. I'm still working on ways to change the rest of the world to be more accepting to "sleep 'till 10 am" people.

[identity profile] sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a magic potion that will transform you, it's called caffeine.

Course it might not make you LIKE it. And it doesn't work on a lot of people.

I had a whole thing of energy drink today because 4 hours of sleep for the last few days because oncall. Then I ran 3 miles. And I'm still jittery as all hell. If Zach is playing ME3 ask him to show you a part with Mordin. That's how I'm talking right now.

[identity profile] sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
On second thought screw Mordin, I'm totally in Abed-mode.

[identity profile] sterlingphoenix.livejournal.com 2012-03-20 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Making the most of it though, I'm mounting that TV on the wall because the center channel speaker I just got as part of a set of new speakers is too big to fit in front of it. By the way why do all stud finders suck so much?

[identity profile] eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
did it for years, never liked it or got used to it.

[identity profile] annablume.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Going to bed really early is a huge part of it. I can say that I reported to work at six for years and I never truly got used to it. I was constantly falling into naps after work, and probably was not performing at my best. I think you can do some adjustment of the natural rhythms, but there is only so far you can go.

[identity profile] all-hail-duke.livejournal.com 2012-03-21 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ritual works for me. Get up with the forst alarm, follow the same pattern every day, and by the time I get out the door, I'm a morning person.
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