I guess I'm an outlier. I went to bed usually before 10:00 pm and got up early. I could change my schedule (for summer months, for example, I would sleep in).

I guess I'm an outlier. I went to bed usually before 10:00 pm and got up early. I could change my schedule (for summer months, for example, I would sleep in). But it meant I didn't know what happened on the cool TV shows and I couldn't see late-night (East coast). Not something I let bother me. I think it's more about discipline than people give credit for. Farmers, arguably rooted in schedules that developed before electricity and TV, are up very early (even I had to adjust when I worked on a farm- but I did). We would get up near or even before sunrise so that we were ready to work when it got light. So I agree with frik. I have a feeling this as much about discipline and self control as anything else.