Trying to Reason With Myself
As many friends who have seen my Facebook and Myspace pages know, I make frequent mention of staying up too late and paying for it afterward.
This journal is aptly titled: I am, truly, a morning person. I'm alert & coherent within 10-15 minutes of waking -- I often forgo coffee and get right on the Internet. People who know me have long since given up saying things to me like "I can't believe you're up and posting at this hour (6:15 a.m.-ish)!" But I guess parenthood did that to me. I used to love sleeping in until after 10am and then kind of wasting the entire day. But parenthood cured me of that, and I have no regrets about it. Mornings are a lovely gift most of the time. My up-and-at-'em style continues once I get to work -- I probably get my best work done during the first 2 hours of the day.
Some people, I think, start their day with little energy but then build it up as they go. I'm the other way: I start out with tons of it, and it dwindles during the day.
This is why I should NOT stay up past 10:00pm or so, even on weekend nights, since I always have to get up at the same time to get my DH off to work.
But I do.
Too often.
11pm, midnight, 1am, none of these bedtimes are unusual for me. Midday naps often help, but how typical is it for the outside world in the form of the phone to respect my biological needs?
But it needs to stop. And I need to develop the self-discipline to call it a night without resorting to cheats such as sleeping pills.
My dad was the consummate morning person. Driving on the Long Island Expressway made him very nervous; he hated fighting traffic, so he got up around 3a.m., did the hygiene and grooming thing, then set out just after sunrise. When he got home, usually between 6 and 7pm, he ate, watched a tiny bit of TV and then went to bed. And woe unto anyone who dared wake him. He expressed frequent disapproval of nighttime activities. And of course, me being a youngun, I dismissed his ideas.
It's still hard to maintain consistent early-to-bed patterns, mainly because I feel like that makes me "uncool." The coolest people I know are night owls. Being a night person suggests sophistication and a spirit of adventure. Being a morning person somehow seems so priggish! So I-must-get-to-work-and-be-a-productive-citizen. Bleah.
But that is me, and I need to respect my nature more than I have.
And on that note, I am, truly, off to bed.
Good night and have a pleasant week.
This journal is aptly titled: I am, truly, a morning person. I'm alert & coherent within 10-15 minutes of waking -- I often forgo coffee and get right on the Internet. People who know me have long since given up saying things to me like "I can't believe you're up and posting at this hour (6:15 a.m.-ish)!" But I guess parenthood did that to me. I used to love sleeping in until after 10am and then kind of wasting the entire day. But parenthood cured me of that, and I have no regrets about it. Mornings are a lovely gift most of the time. My up-and-at-'em style continues once I get to work -- I probably get my best work done during the first 2 hours of the day.
Some people, I think, start their day with little energy but then build it up as they go. I'm the other way: I start out with tons of it, and it dwindles during the day.
This is why I should NOT stay up past 10:00pm or so, even on weekend nights, since I always have to get up at the same time to get my DH off to work.
But I do.
Too often.
11pm, midnight, 1am, none of these bedtimes are unusual for me. Midday naps often help, but how typical is it for the outside world in the form of the phone to respect my biological needs?
But it needs to stop. And I need to develop the self-discipline to call it a night without resorting to cheats such as sleeping pills.
My dad was the consummate morning person. Driving on the Long Island Expressway made him very nervous; he hated fighting traffic, so he got up around 3a.m., did the hygiene and grooming thing, then set out just after sunrise. When he got home, usually between 6 and 7pm, he ate, watched a tiny bit of TV and then went to bed. And woe unto anyone who dared wake him. He expressed frequent disapproval of nighttime activities. And of course, me being a youngun, I dismissed his ideas.
It's still hard to maintain consistent early-to-bed patterns, mainly because I feel like that makes me "uncool." The coolest people I know are night owls. Being a night person suggests sophistication and a spirit of adventure. Being a morning person somehow seems so priggish! So I-must-get-to-work-and-be-a-productive-citizen. Bleah.
But that is me, and I need to respect my nature more than I have.
And on that note, I am, truly, off to bed.
Good night and have a pleasant week.