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1473 clicks; posted to STEM » on 21 Oct 2022 at 11:20 PM (21 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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Ghastly [TotalFark]
2022-10-21 8:32:31 PM  
FTFA: Drink in the morning light

I drink in any light. If I'm up in the morning it's likely that I've been drinking.
 
Gubbo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-21 8:43:18 PM  

Ghastly: FTFA: Drink in the morning light

I drink in any light. If I'm up in the morning it's likely that I've been drinking.


I don't time my drinking
 
cefm
2022-10-21 11:37:21 PM  
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Snapper Carr
2022-10-21 11:39:51 PM  

Gubbo: Ghastly: FTFA: Drink in the morning light

I drink in any light. If I'm up in the morning it's likely that I've been drinking.

I don't time my drinking


It's 5pm somewhere
 
yellowjester
2022-10-21 11:57:24 PM  
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Shaggy_C
2022-10-22 12:03:43 AM  

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Yep. I get up at around 4:30 on weekdays now to work out before the screecher creature awakens.

"Sleeping in" on the weekend means 6:30. Luxury.
 
kkinnison [OhFark]
2022-10-22 12:07:24 AM  
F you pay me more
 
NotARocketScientist
2022-10-22 12:15:07 AM  
Why do people always assume that I'm a night person because I have poor sleep? I've always been a night person and, up until menopause, only had poor sleep when I had to get up too early. My sleep was fine until the alarm went off. Most of the "how to get up earlier" stuff is about poor sleep, not changing your clock.
 
Caelistis
2022-10-22 12:15:18 AM  
No.

The best thing about being awake at night is that there are fewer people around. Less time waiting to check out at the grocery store, at lights, pretty much everywhere, and the world is so much more quiet.

I'll take the peace and solitude, thanks.
 
Dallymo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-22 12:20:24 AM  
I farking hate getting up in the morning.  Was the sunrise this morning spectacular?  Yes, it was.  Did I enjoy the morning chill when I went outside to take a picture of the sunrise?  Yes, I did.  But given the opportunity to pull the covers up to my chin and drift back off to dreamland?  fark the sunrise and the crisp, autumn air.

I have a Phillips wake-up light clock that gradually begins lighting up at 5:30, and my smart speaker comes on at 5:45 tuned to the local classical station, and then at 6:00 I get the weather and my calendar and then the public radio news station, and I'm out of bed by 6:15.  6:20.  6:25, tops.  That wake-up light clock is key; if it's dark when the radio comes on it's not happening.  I'm going back to sleep.
 
JerkfaceMcGee [OhFark]
2022-10-22 12:26:34 AM  
The thing that drives me nuts about morning people is they're always so proud about how early they wake up, as if it's some sort of competition.

There are no medals for waking up to see the sunrise, it's it's own reward.
 
wildcardjack
2022-10-22 12:28:37 AM  
Cut cable and switch to streaming. Then put a timer on your router. After 10-11PM, no reading or videos unless you go out of your way to read a book or use the DVD player. Out of boredom you go lie in bed and get up to an alarm clock. Eventually you'll sleep earlier and wake on time, or you'll actually get through all the books on your shelf.
 
Moose out front
2022-10-22 12:31:01 AM  
I'm fine with waking up when the sun's up, or just coming up, but waking up with hours of darkness still to go is a farking no.

I give a pass to people with little kids/infants or taking care of invalids or some other reason they're forced to wake before dawn. But farking Type A's who leap out of bed in the middle of the night because they just can't wait to get to work can farking die.

/had a micro-managing boss who was like that.
//I promise you, at his deathbed he will say "I wish I spent more time in the office."
///started looking for a new job as soon as I found out his schedule.
 
psychosis_inducing
2022-10-22 12:32:06 AM  
Never trust anyone who commands you to be "bright eyed and bushy tailed."
 
educated [TotalFark]
2022-10-22 12:35:05 AM  
Yeah, I recently watched this Master Class too.

Fun stuff!

/no, they can't. and they shouldn't.
 
DON.MAC [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-22 12:41:15 AM  
Why do the lists of highly productive early risers consists mostly of people who got by on 4 to 6 hours sleep so they were both night owls and early risers.   There are lots of lists of highly product night owls who would sleep till noon.
 
DuneClimber
2022-10-22 1:05:47 AM  
To me, the very idea of the morning is disgusting. I think of how ugly that golden, orange and yellow light is as it blares down at me from the sky. I think of how tired I am and I think of how hungry I am, and I just want to go back to sleep for another 10 hours.
 
Boudyro [TotalFark]
2022-10-22 1:20:50 AM  
My stress level reduced considerably when I stopped trying to manage my sleep.

I sleep when I'm tired and wake up when I wake up. Sometimes I'm up early, sometimes I see the sunrise as I'm winding down for bed.

I find that unless I'm just destroyed I'll sleep 5-6 hours and later in the day do another 1-2.

Occasionally this clashes with appointments. I just make it work.
 
Nullav
2022-10-22 1:23:31 AM  
Oh, that's easy. Let's see... Oh wait, I work for a living and my schedule isn't a stereotypical 9-5. Hell, it's not even the same block of time each day, and then I try to have a life outside of that. I manage that just fine, but fark no I'm not going to aim for some idealized sleep schedule.
 
Some Junkie Cosmonaut
2022-10-22 1:34:01 AM  

Shaggy_C: yellowjester: [i0.wp.com image 720x629]

Yep. I get up at around 4:30 on weekdays now to work out before the screecher creature awakens.

"Sleeping in" on the weekend means 6:30. Luxury.


Oh goddamnit - now we've got ANOTHER Shaggy personality?  That's like 18...
 
rideaurocks
2022-10-22 1:46:18 AM  
Fistbump for all those that posted in the past hour. Carpe nox
 
replacementcool
2022-10-22 2:18:23 AM  
I get up at 2am every day because that's when my brain wakes me up and refuses to let me go back to sleep.
 
raygundan
2022-10-22 2:47:19 AM  

Shaggy_C: yellowjester: [i0.wp.com image 720x629]

Yep. I get up at around 4:30 on weekdays now to work out before the screecher creature awakens.

"Sleeping in" on the weekend means 6:30. Luxury.


Who the hell allowed fark novelty accounts to reproduce?
 
bughunter [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-10-22 3:44:58 AM  
During COVID, I had the opportunity to switch from standard (for the Left Coast) 0800-1630 work hours, to a swing shift from 1400 to 2230.  My brain and body both LOVED it.  Never felt better.

I still go to sleep at around the same time (0100-0200, because that's when my body allows me to) but I can sleep 7.5 to 8 hours and wake naturally without an alarm clock.  I feel so much more well rested and energetic when an alarm doesn't jolt me out of deep sleep.  And if I keep a routine, I will wake up at nearly the exact time every day, to the minute (lately, 9:30 am), as long as I've gotten at least 7 hours of sleep.

Now they're trying to get me to switch back, and I'm resisting.  They've insisted I arrive by 1000 on Fridays to attend a project meeting.  Needless to say, those days suck... especially since it was less than 12 hours since I last clocked out.  They're trying to make me say "fk it" and agree to return to first shift full time, to avoid the Thu night/Fri morning hustle, but I'm too fkkg stubborn for that.

Plus, I get my "me time" after I wake, when I'm rested, rather than after work, when I'm exhausted.  Mrs. b is self-employed, so her hours are flexible already, and she appreciates the difference too.  I get a lot more done at home, whether it's chores, hobbies, or just Farking.

/with a capital F
//or without
 
cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2022-10-22 3:47:57 AM  
Since I quit working, I just do whatever I want.  I think, I should try to sleep at night, and be up during the day, but it doesn't work out that way.  Even with pot.
Then I realize that it doesn't matter anyway, since it is now winter and I don't have a job.

I was a good morning person though.  My last job was a graveyard shift, I think that could kill me all by itself.
 
Tom Marvolo Bombadil
2022-10-22 4:02:55 AM  

psychosis_inducing: Never trust anyone who commands you to be "bright eyed and bushy tailed."


Don't worry about the bright eyes part.  That will come naturally once you get the tail in and situated.

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TwowheelinTim [TotalFark]
2022-10-22 4:05:15 AM  
It's after midnight and I'm still up. As usual. Fortunately my employer doesn't care about the hours I keep as long as I get my sh*t done so I can follow my natural rhythm without stressing out about it.
 
psychosis_inducing
2022-10-22 4:31:45 AM  

Tom Marvolo Bombadil: psychosis_inducing: Never trust anyone who commands you to be "bright eyed and bushy tailed."

Don't worry about the bright eyes part.  That will come naturally once you get the tail in and situated.

[Fark user image 450x450]


New keyboard. You owe.
 
Nonrepeating Rotating Binary
2022-10-22 4:44:51 AM  
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Caveat: I'm naturally a night person. Hell, I'm writing this at 3:44am. But I've worked every shift there is at some point.

Bonus that my cats are so confused that they make no effort to wake me up at 6am anymore.
 
fredbox [TotalFark]
2022-10-22 4:51:40 AM  
Getting up before sunrise be like

Rick and Morty - Hey look the suns rising
Youtube MRJfPRFmFW8
 
freakingmoron
2022-10-22 5:09:35 AM  

Dallymo: I farking hate getting up in the morning.  Was the sunrise this morning spectacular?  Yes, it was.  Did I enjoy the morning chill when I went outside to take a picture of the sunrise?  Yes, I did.  But given the opportunity to pull the covers up to my chin and drift back off to dreamland?  fark the sunrise and the crisp, autumn air.


You are doing it backwards. I love falling asleep after watching a sunrise. I think I'm just naturally wired to being a night person and in my 30s I got used to it. High school was kind of a drag because I'd stay up reading and go into classes with 2 hours of sleep but sometimes I'd power through without sleep. College was easier because my schedule was broken up and I could take naps. I worked at restaurants and bars so after college I kept working those jobs for a while and the hours were great.

I miss falling asleep to the rising sun. I used to get this sense of ease from it. At times I fell asleep feeling like I'd kept watch during the darkness, that just by being awake I'd helped keep the world safe from the things in the dark.

Tonight I'm still awake for no reason except the same old reason - it's how I'm built. I'll get maybe 4 hours of sleep before I have to get up and start cooking for a dinner with friends. I wish iat were mid-summer because the sun would be coming up soon.
 
PerpetualPeristalsis
2022-10-22 6:26:21 AM  

Caelistis: No.

The best thing about being awake at night is that there are fewer people around. Less time waiting to check out at the grocery store, at lights, pretty much everywhere, and the world is so much more quiet.

I'll take the peace and solitude, thanks.


Peace and solitude is awaiting you at 4 am as well!
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2022-10-22 5:47:46 PM  
Morning people are immortal because death is a lateral move for those with no life
 
Raoul Eaton [TotalFark]
2022-10-22 10:04:54 PM  
I'll never know, because my New Years resolution to quit reading anything on lifehacker is one I've kept.
 
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