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Can a "non-morning person" ever turn into a "morning person"?

Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:16 am
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:16 am
My wife is a huge morning person. She wakes up super early with tons of energy instantly and with a big smile on her face.

I am the opposite. I hate waking up and getting out of my comfortable bed early before work. It takes me over an hour for my mind to wake up even when I drink coffee the minute I get up. I get plenty of sleep, but it doesn't help.

Will this ever change or am I doomed to hate waking up early for the rest of my life? I fear its hard coded into my DNA.
Posted by BigDawg0420
Hamsterdam
Member since Apr 2010
7496 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:18 am to
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am I doomed to hate waking up early for the rest of my life?


Hating waking up never goes away. It just gets easier after doing it a bunch of times
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:19 am to
I become into a huge morning person on vacations. Don't mind waking up earlier so I have that much longer in the day to enjoy my vacation surroundings.


Also more of a morning person on my days off for the same reason(to have more time to enjoy the day).
Posted by CuseTiger
Member since Jul 2013
8947 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:19 am to
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Will this ever change or am I doomed to hate waking up early for the rest of my life? I fear its hard coded into my DNA.

I'm in your boat as well, sitting in bed as we speak even though I woke up a half hour ago. I won't be awake fully for probably another hour even with coffee. I hope I grow out of it eventually, but snoozing the alarm is so nice some mornings
Posted by Salmon
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Member since Feb 2008
85369 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:19 am to
I'm trying. But right now, it is really a struggle.

I was doing really well waking up at 4:30 am to work out, then I hurt my back and took a week off, and now it is taking me forever to get back into the routine of waking up that early again.

I'm fine once I get out of bed, its just the act of getting out of bed that is so hard for me.
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 8:20 am
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2005
73842 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:19 am to
i was never a morning person until I started working an earlier shift and then I got used to it and now I always wake up early and I like it

and getting older helps too
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:20 am to
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Hating waking up never goes away. It just gets easier after doing it a bunch of times



Which I do for work obviously, and will continue to do.

I just wish one day I could start waking up all peppy and happy like the wife. I just don't think its in the cards
Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
43868 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:20 am to
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Will this ever change or am I doomed to hate waking up early for the rest of my life? I fear its hard coded into my DNA.


starte banging your wife in the shower every morning will turn you into a morning person.
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:21 am to
Another reason I like working nights. When you sleep during the day and your "morning" is the afternoon it never feels like you are having to get up early for work.
Posted by 12Pence
Member since Jan 2013
6344 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:21 am to
I'm similar. However, since I hit a certain age, I naturally wake up earlier (6ish). I've found what helps for me is...

-Don't consume alcohol or sleep aids the night before (I know, it sucks).
-Drink plenty of water.
-The earlier I go to bed, the better I feel in the morning (rocket science, I know).

It isn't anything that has happened over night. I essentially had to train myself overtime. Now, there is no way I could sleep past 9:00 (even after a late night). Which sucks for those Saturdays where I'd really like to catch up.
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 8:24 am
Posted by TigerPanzer
Orlando
Member since Sep 2006
9476 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:22 am to
Have a baby. That'll do the trick; you'll be a morning person as in "I wake up at 4 in the morning every fricking day."
Posted by Esquire
Chiraq
Member since Apr 2014
14387 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:23 am to
"Non-morning person" is just a fancy term for lazy. Stop being lazy and you will become a morning person.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
60649 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:24 am to
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It isn't anything that has happened over night. I essentially had to train myself overtime. Now, there is no way I could sleep past 9:00
9? I am almost ready for a nap at 9 some days.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:24 am to
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Now, there is no way I could sleep past 9:00 (even after a late night).



The shitty part for me is that I can't sleep past 7 or 8 either, even on weekends. I just lay in bed with my eyes shut for an hour.

Same thing that happens when I wake up at 6 on work days, but I can't lay there as long moping.

Posted by forksup
Member since Dec 2013
8817 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:25 am to
Put in a routine for the early morning (usually a workout) and do it for 3 weeks straight. It'll become natural. My body keeps waking up at 4:30-5:00am... Too early ugh guess more time to lift/swim/bike/run~
Posted by bwallcubfan
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
38944 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:26 am to
I've turned into a morning person. I do still need my coffee though. If I ever sleep past 9 on the weekends...I'm pissed.

I'm assuming you don't have kids? I don't either yet, but I figure that would force you into a morning person.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:26 am to
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"Non-morning person" is just a fancy term for lazy. Stop being lazy and you will become a morning person.



I am not lazy. Period. I work my arse off and I'm constantly moving while I awake, including weekends.

My body and mind just don't snap out of sleep cycles quickly.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:26 am to
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I'm assuming you don't have kids? I don't either yet, but I figure that would force you into a morning person.



No, but I'm sure you're right.

Not looking forward to that part of parenthood
Posted by bwallcubfan
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
38944 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:27 am to
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No, but I'm sure you're right.


You still might hate it, but you'll definitely be getting yourself into a routine.
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 8:28 am to
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Not looking forward to that part of parenthood


Newborns need to be fed like every 3-4 hours....remember that
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