What time do you get up in the morning?

Depends whether I have slept well, by well means not needing a visit to the bathroom more than once during the night.

I am an early bird, always have been. “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”.

I usually wake around 5.15ish. Bathroom and back to bed to listen to my little radio which I keep under the covers.

I’m almost always first up around 6.45/7am and get on with making breakfast then it’s out for a nice walk with the dog. This morning DH and I were remembering the wonderful long walks we used to have with the 2 dogs in North Cornwall for many years. I miss it so much and absolutely hate getting old..er?.

When I was working and the children were at home, I loved the private hour I gave myself before they got up. No need for that now! I've certainly noticed the general feeling on camp sites that those who turn in late must be totally quiet, but as soon as the larks and their dear darling offspring are awake, so everyone else should be and no effort is made to stop clattering of pans, loud discussions of whether to have tea or coffee etc whilst their little darlings roar around everyone else's tents whooping at top volume.

I am an owl who was forced to live as a lark during most of my younger years. My husband is the complete opposite and is a lark, but recently he wakes more in the night so we occasionally meet at the kettle in the early hours. Fortunately we have separate bedrooms so we no longer disturb each other.

I’m both a lark and an owl !! Awake and up at about 7 am, go to bed at between 3-4 at night ( morning really) , which is why I never seem to see the end of a program in the evening- I usually doze off !!

I have a dog! Depends how he feels and when my daughters dog sleeps over, I’m completely at their mercy ??

My DH and I are both Owls. We go up to bed around midnight, watch TV in bed until 1.30-2a.m. Then wake around 9.30, have breakfast in bed and get dressed around 10-10.30am. The only exception is when we look after our GC, when we set a clock radio to wake us at 8a.m. The night before we try not to watch TV in bed, but often can't get to sleep then and have to catch up with a nap the next day.

What do you mean by ‘morning’ ? I try to get up before noon but don’t always make it ? I also try to go to bed before ‘midnight’ but don’t always make it. I always thought there was only one 8 o’clock in the day ????

If we’ve nothing to get up for, I normally wake up at 7ish, doze for an hour, read/browse for an hour and haul myself out of bed soon after 9, unless I’m offered breakfast in bed, when I sometimes just make it downstairs for Popmaster at 10.30. I was rudely awoken by the recycling crew at 7 today, so had to get up, and I feel proper crabby now. I’m rarely asleep before midnight and it was a lot later last night (this morning?).

I got up every day at 6am for years DH left at 6.30am me at 7.30am .We are enjoying waking about 7am getting a coffee reading listening to radio etc.Get up about 9am unless appointment or something planned.
Love retirement go to bed about 11pm

Between 5.30 and 6.30 but I do go to bed early. Anytime from 8.30 but I generally read until 10.

I used to be a lark as I had to take 2 buses to work and start at 6:45am as my work life continued it became harder and harder to do this as I got older and my kids were grown. I switched jobs and began one that I did not have to leave until 11am and it suited. When I retired from that I find because I am a diabetic I have to get up if I do not eat something very late (or early depends on your view) so now except for the days I go to take care of my granddaughter which is 3 days a week I will let my body decide when it will wake up but usually it is around 8:30. I used to feel guilty about this as was raised to think it was being lazy but now I just don't care it is how I get enough sleep and I feel much better all day for doing it.

Wake up about 6am but never get up til 8. Like to read the papers, drink tea, do half an hour of Greek and some mediation. Absolutely savour not having to hit the floor the moment the alarm goes off. Love retirement! Bedtime between nine and ten, love to read in a warm bed and tv is such rubbish sometimes.

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I really sympathise with you. I too have chronic neck and back pain. I've also had Polymyalgia rheumatica since last July and am on steroids for that. I take a combination of painkillers which make me sleepy, but I'm often awake 3 times during the night. I find that a Tempur original pillow (I use the medium size 10/7) which has curves at each long length really helps with my neck. The pain obviously doesn't vanish (we should be so lucky!) but it does alleviate it. It takes between 2&6 weeks for most people to get used to it but I've had one for more than 20 years.
You can get them from Amazon for around £72 and they also sell brilliant pillowcases which go on and off so easily, much better than the first ones which were a bit of a struggle to get on sometimes. The jersey cotton pillow case is £35 for 1. It may seem a lot when you'd likely want a spare but they wash and tumble dry brilliantly. For just over £100 for pillow and pillowcase it's well worth it!
I've got a Tempur adjustable bed too which is indispensable for me but the cost of that is very high. I got mine with the money from an Industrial Injury which made my neck much worse and has made walking incredibly difficult due to the back problems it gave me.
I wake several times in the night because of back pain and am usually up between 9 and 10am.

I’m a lark & my husband is an owl. Suits us perfectly.

I don't go to bed until about 1.30 - 2.30 so early mornings aren't something I'm known for. If I do go to bed earlier, I tend to wake up in the early hours of the morning and have to read to go back to sleep. I was up and 9 this morning but usually it is somewhere between 9.30-10-30.

I didn't sleep last night either, which isn't unusual sadly...my DH is brilliant and woke me for lunch at 12.15...so I know how you feel xx

I get up at 4.20am to see to 2 gcs mon to fri. I get to there house by 5.40am but need 2 coffees and a shower first. Friday night,
Saturday and Sunday i do 2 sleep ins and 2 day shifts in care and have a lie in till 5.45am i go to bed at 11pm. I Always have a nap in the afternoon even just for 5 mins.

Being a lark does not get me onto these threads early though as i don't seem to get them in my inbox for a couple of days!

An owl here and one who most certainly agrees that many larks (particularly within my social circle) look at me with distain! I have often been lectured about my sleep pattern.

I go to bed around 1.00-2.00 am and bedtime rituals take 30-40 minutes so am usually in bed by 1.30-2.30am.

I sleep poorly and could still be awake at 3.00 - 5.00 am., so still trying to sleep when larks are up and about!

I also rise several times for the bathroom so sleep is broken. I have an alarm for medication set at 10.30 am so awake and up then.

I do fall asleep during the evenings, often around 9.00pm but naturally wake after 15 minutes and am then wide awake and good to go for another five or six hours.

I have tried the 'Sleepio' programme which didn't work for me and know all about sleep hygiene. It's just that I am an owl.

My husband is a lark and goes to bed before me, around midnight and is up around 8-9 am.

I have to admit that the first hours of the day are some that feel 'mine' and I quite enjoy having the house all to myself!

Gosh, I shouldn’t admit to this but….. I will! About 11am I make it downstairs, sleep for an hour or so about 3 or 4 o’clock, and go to bed about half past one to two, sometimes bit later. Tried so many times to change but to no avail ?‍♀️
Spent all my life getting six children up, then got a job aged 52, still getting up at 6.15am. So when I retired at sixty ( 9 years ago) I let my body decide. Strange but it seems to work!!

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We get up at between 8.30 and 9.00 , no reason to get up any earlier. The days are long enough from then. Usually in bed at 11.30 and I read until 12.30.

I think if I were able to get my recommended 7-8 hrs uninterrupted sleep and feel refreshed in the morning, I would love to join the larks. However I’m at the age (74) where several visits to the bathroom during the night are required - then it isn’t always easy to get back to sleep after each visit. If I sit down during the day, I fall asleep and wake up feeling lousy and annoyed that I’m wasting the day. I should be grateful however as I’m in good health otherwise.

I've always wished I could be a lark but getting up early makes me feel ill (yes - seriously!) and by 3pm I am ready for my bed! I really do envy all you larks.

Definitely a night owl and hubs too. I read to relax every night till 12.30/1am, then sleep till 9.30 / 10 am .When I was working was always up at 7 am so this is wonderful ! No naps in the day , although sometimes I feel I ‘should’ve been up early but this just isn’t me!!