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I have to admit that I'm quite ignorant about the science of "morning persons" VS "night persons", sleeping schedules, natural rhythms so for anyone more in the

I have to admit that I'm quite ignorant about the science of "morning persons" VS "night persons", sleeping schedules, natural rhythms so for anyone more in the know than I am, aren't body and brain extremely flexible and retrainable to accommodate for different schedules? As in, if you force yourself to go to bed at 10PM every night and wake up everyday at 7AM, don't you eventually become a "morning person"? And say that "eventually" happens over a period of a few years to make the transition smooth. Genuine question, I'm really curious.

srean 9y ago
> As in, if you force yourself to go to bed at 10PM every night and wake up everyday at 7AM, don't you eventually become a "morning person"? Been trying that for ~15 years, hasn't worked yet.
- YuriNiyazov 9y ago
  You should have some children, you will turn in 2 years or so
  - srean 9y ago
    Thanks, that drew a chuckle.
    - lichenwarp 9y ago
      nose exhale
  - cosmie 9y ago
    That's not always the case. My daughter's going on 6, and she actively enables my being a night person. But it's worked out perfectly in my case. My daughter is definitely a morning person and enjoys having some alone time. About two years ago, she realized that the better she is the less reason I have to get up and the longer she gets some alone time. I prep breakfast the night before so she can get it without help in the morning, then she lets the dog out, turns on music or an audiobook with the Echo and gets some drawing/crafting in until I wake up. There's also a 50/50 chance that she'll have tidied up my living room and the playroom before I get up, too. Basically anything that would get me out of bed early she started taking care of, as a way to prevent me from having a reason to get up. The only part of the routine I actively created was the breakfast one, because of a few spilt milk jugs in her attempts to make cereal alone. She's made me quite envious of morning people, actually. Even when I get up with her though, she just makes me a cozy pallet on the couch and insists I lay back down and leave her the hell alone and stay out of her way until at least 10am.
sandos 9y ago
I think we are adaptable like this, I am anyway.
Grangar 9y ago
If I force myself to go to bed at 10PM I just end up frustrated for hours on end and actually sleep less than if I go around 12-1am. That's the absolute earliest I can - in uni I regularly didn't sleep before 4am. You can't just force out a habit that built up over (in my case) a very long part of your life.
rsanders 9y ago
Going to bed and going to sleep aren't the same thing, so at least in my experience, no.

srean 9y ago

> As in, if you force yourself to go to bed at 10PM every night and wake up everyday at 7AM, don't you eventually become a "morning person"? Been trying that for ~15 years, hasn't worked yet.

YuriNiyazov 9y ago
You should have some children, you will turn in 2 years or so
- srean 9y ago
  Thanks, that drew a chuckle.
  - lichenwarp 9y ago
    nose exhale
- cosmie 9y ago
  That's not always the case. My daughter's going on 6, and she actively enables my being a night person. But it's worked out perfectly in my case. My daughter is definitely a morning person and enjoys having some alone time. About two years ago, she realized that the better she is the less reason I have to get up and the longer she gets some alone time. I prep breakfast the night before so she can get it without help in the morning, then she lets the dog out, turns on music or an audiobook with the Echo and gets some drawing/crafting in until I wake up. There's also a 50/50 chance that she'll have tidied up my living room and the playroom before I get up, too. Basically anything that would get me out of bed early she started taking care of, as a way to prevent me from having a reason to get up. The only part of the routine I actively created was the breakfast one, because of a few spilt milk jugs in her attempts to make cereal alone. She's made me quite envious of morning people, actually. Even when I get up with her though, she just makes me a cozy pallet on the couch and insists I lay back down and leave her the hell alone and stay out of her way until at least 10am.

sandos 9y ago

I think we are adaptable like this, I am anyway.

Grangar 9y ago

If I force myself to go to bed at 10PM I just end up frustrated for hours on end and actually sleep less than if I go around 12-1am. That's the absolute earliest I can - in uni I regularly didn't sleep before 4am. You can't just force out a habit that built up over (in my case) a very long part of your life.

rsanders 9y ago

Going to bed and going to sleep aren't the same thing, so at least in my experience, no.