That sounds nice in theory, but I've never been able to embrace it. And is it wrong that I'm just not a morning person? I don't want to wake up at 7am. I'm just a night owl, I've accepted that a long time ago. I get my best thinking done at night.
edit: having said that, I will look into seeing professionals about this. After this pandemic is over.
You're thinking that being a night owl means there's something wrong with you. There isn't. It's just that your brain (and my brain, and many other brains on this planet) are wired to be awake and alert at different times from most other people. My normal bedtime is somewhere between 5-6 am. I'd love to sleep until about 1 pm, but my medication schedule says I have to be up at 12:30 pm.
I spent 35 days in the hospital, 20 years ago. I told the nurses about my sleep schedule (before it went completely out of whack due to the untreated hypothyroidism that made me sleep for 12 hours straight and I was constantly tired for the other 12), and they said, 'We'll get you straightened out and back to normal" - acting as though being a night owl isn't normal. I see it as no different from the fact that some people are left-handed, most are right-handed, and both ways are okay, if that's how your brain is wired.
People would call me lazy when I told them that my work day began at 3 pm. "Must be nice," they'd sniff, and then I'd point out that this 3 pm was the beginning of at least 12 hours' work, more likely 15-18 before I'd be able to go back to bed. I tried to make time for two meals a day, plus one hour for my soap opera. I'd usually read for half an hour before going to sleep. So I worked the same number of hours (or more) than other people did, but it was just at a different time of the clock.
I should add that this schedule was doable because my grandmother was a morning person and would be up and awake to handle the clients in the morning when they came to pick up their papers. She'd collect the money for me, give them their papers, and take any messages (if they wanted to book another paper, for instance, and wanted to mention it then instead of phoning later). I did have to tell her not to solicit tips, though, since I didn't want the clients to think I'd put her up to it. She'd say things like "She was up until 3 in the morning typing this, don't you think she deserves a little extra?". Tips were normal with some clients and that was really appreciated, but I didn't want people to feel obligated. It was worth more if they recommended me to a friend or two so I'd get a whole semester's worth (or more) of business from them. There were times when this led to crazy 30-hour days, but I was able to tolerate that fairly well back then. I wouldn't be able to manage it now.
So anyway,
@warpus, if your night owl schedule feels right to you and doesn't interfere with your job - and there's nothing medically wrong with you, my advice is to not try to fix what isn't broken. As far as the rest of the night owls are concerned, you are perfectly normal.
