Night Owl or Morning Lark?

[Maddy]

Definitely (misplaced) night owl. I can't vote for some reason on polls. However, it takes me forever to get up in the morning and get functional, and I have to be up for the dogs and whatnot. I can't see straight until almost noon. Literally. Blurry vision. Showers do not help. And do not wake me up, or you will find yourself at the end of my wrath. I am only a day person by force.

[Peregrine]

Hey, I can't vote either. I am definitely a night owl by nature, but my young 'un keeps me a morning lark for the time being. 6:30-7 am is her wake up time. Bright eyed & bushy tailed is she. I find I function way better in the evening.

[Nordic]

I have to be at work at 4:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Ugh.

At least I have a couple days of work, right?

Brutal.

[beeline]

Former night owl, but now I get up at 6:00 a.m. most days.

[§ê¢rꆧ]

I'm not sure why the poll seems to be closed, maybe because I posted this before the board upgraded, or maybe there is a time limit on polls?

I've just come to the conclusion that I'm Free Running/Non-24. At first I was a bit doubtful of this self-diagnosis, seeing as it seems rare for sighted people. But observing my sleep wake cycles leads me to believe that there is not much of a cycle, or that it constantly moves forward, until I synch up with a 'normal' schedule for a little while, then keep moving later and later until it starts over again, maybe after a month or two.

Oftentimes, it is work that will push me to stay up through a new day when I've been up for a while. If I get into a good working groove I'm loathe to stop, knowing it might be some time before I can get back to it with the same level of focus. Plus, it is sometimes only possible to do something during the day - when I need to communicate with someone, for example.

The only way to really know if I am Free Running would be to have a month off, free of responsibilities, to just live and record my tiredness at different hours. Like that is going to happen! Ha.

I'm a little worried what the long term effects of my sleep schedule will be. I intend to keep better records and make some effort to correct it.

[Alaya]

[Joao]

2am bump on this rich thread. I hate going to sleep at night and hate waking up in the mornings. Tyranny of the early risers indeed...

[Wombaticus Rex]

No "Both" option? WHY DAUG?

My internal clock seems to work in cycles that lie orthogonal to Earth's. During the course of any 6 week period, I hit both ends of this spectrum and return to wherever your starting point was. Some of my more wry exes have referred to this as my alien menstrual cycle.

[JackRiddler]

Still not up!