Are you an early bird or a night owl?

Night owl. I could count on one hand the number of times I've seen a sunrise. Shame, as when I do ever manage to get up early I get so much more done. But the lure of the warm bed and soft duvet mean I could easily stay there till about 9.30. But I don't enjoy breakfast. Is that common for someone who stays up late? My DD is the opposite, always up at the crack of dawn and really hungry the minute she wakes.

Definitely an early bird. Iam usually asleep by 10 and awake by six. Up no later than 7

A lifelong owl. I rarely go to bed before midnight and then I will read until I realise nothing is making any sense. All too often, I wake up in the small hours with my glasses on my nose and the Kindle on the floor. If I have to get up early, you could hear me complaining from several miles away - luckily I live alone. 'Early' is any time before 9am.

Night owl. Years of having to get up early for school runs/ work etc made me feel very resentful! Retirement is bliss. I tell all my family and friends that I’m not available till 1pm at the earliest. 🤣

A natural lark. Once awake I'm wide awake but don't get up till after 7 in winter.
Ready for bed by 9.30.

I like early mornings but rarely see them as I also like to push bedtime later & later, often to 2 or 3am.
I'm always reluctant to get out of my cosy bed but if I have to have an early start, I'm fine as soon as I'm out of the bed.

When I was working, before snooze buttons, I had an alarm by the bed & another on the other side of the room and set for 5 minutes later.

Been a night owl all my life.

I love being in the living room at 3sm. Dark and quiet. Just love it. In the summer I'll sit outside. Then as the day appears I'll creep into bed.

I worked nights for 15 years. Then an evening shift for 5 years. 9-5 never suited.

Mr Rula is an early bird. But it's never caused any problems thank goodness!

I definitely prefer to be a night owl. But the dog makes sure I'm an early bird too!

I go to bed around 10.30pm but then read gransnet forum for 30 mins or so. Set the alarm clock for 9 am, Can't get to sleep, so usually make a cup of tea and go back to bed again. I take sleeping tablets,but they don't seem to help.

Night owl. When I lived alone I got into a very good habit of going to bed at 9.30pm and getting up early. But as I'm not very active now, I'm not worn out enough to go to sleep at night. I also find when it's quiet at night, I can concentrate on things somehow and tend to do various organising things late at night. It's a pain though as if I do have to get up early for something it's a struggle!

Both.

I’m definitely a night owl. My OH is the opposite. I rarely go to bed before midnight and don’t get up before 9am. My OH is in bed by 10pm and up around 6am.

Early riser here. I'm usually awake around 5am, lie in bed until about 5.45. Up, shower and first of my two daily coffees around 6am. Go to bed about 10pm and read for a while. Then usually drop off straight away.

Sometimes I do stay up late, but mostly I am an early bird. On a few occasions I have got up to catch some beautiful sunrises.

The only thing I want to do in bed is sleep - not read, or use my phone, definitely not eat or drink. I stir around 7am when I hear the boiler start, then Alexa wakes me with the radio at 8. I never get up earlier if I can avoid it, the bliss of retirement is relief from early starts.

I go to bed around midnight or up to an hour either side, depending whether I fell asleep on the sofa through the evening.

I'm a night owl. I rarely go to bed before 11pm, and then I play word games and read often until 1am. I usually rise about 9am. DH is the opposite. We have separate bedrooms these days.

5 am is the middle of the night 😯

kittylester

Definitely a lark!

Having t children ensured we got up early or they wouldn't have made it to school.

We still wake up at 5.30 and have two in bed until about 7.30. We watch Breakfast news, keep in touch with the family, do word games and chat.

We are often in bed by 9 and read for an hour or so.

I used to have to get up early to get children to school and myself to work but I am not a natural lark so had to go to bed at a reasonable time.

Now I can be a night owl and not a lark unless absolutely necessary.
DH is the opposite!

An early bird, Awake anything between 6 and 7. We have a coffee 7ish, read the news online, chat about that, then I'll get on GN, check emails, Whats App, bank account, Ancestry, Duolingo, French first then German, all that can take anything up to 2 hours, I'm definitely not a night owl, I might have been once, not anymore, I'll be off to bed soon, I like to read for a while until I drop off, but I'm often awake again early hours, damn annoying!

A lark.I didn't used to be but now Iam retired I love mornings.Wake 5 to 6 ish.Have a bath and read with a coffee. Feed the dogs and garden birds.Leisurely breakfast about 8 with crossword and other puzzles. Then I'm set for the day.Bed by 10 at the latest unless we're out socially.I sleep better with this routine.

Usually awake before 6 but I get a cuppa, read my book watch the news in bed till around 8 but in Summer I get up much earlier.

I’m a bit of both, because I only need 4/5 hours sleep - so often up until 1 or 2am but wide awake before 6am. Once I’m up, I’m up and I don’t nap during the day, unless I’m poorly. I have times, when I’m still up at 4 and then just stay up - not worth trekking upstairs!

Definite lark.

Often awake 5ish, waiting to get up about 6.

But ready for bed by 10.

My brain functions best in the morning, but I don’t get up as early as I used to. I wake early but stay in bed looking at my iPad until about 8.30.

By four or five pm I am starting to flag.:

I'm a lark but a sleepy one. I don't wake till about 7.15 but then I'm energetic & optimistic, in the evenings I'm a sloth.