Morning person or Night person or somewhere in-between?

[Gordon]

Where do you fit in the continuum?

I never have been a "morning person", and that's probably partly why I have moved so well into a 3rd shift position. I really don't ever want to work a day job again. I've always been a little anxious in the intensity of the daytime hustle and bustle, and night jobs generally are more low-key.

I love leaving work at 7 am, and going to the grocery, and getting whatever else I need to get done, without crowds, and then I can come home, and relax, and enjoy some daytime, before going to bed.

I'm curious of any other 3rd shifters out there, and how you structure your life? I work 11 pm to 7 am, and don't go to bed until around Noon or 1 pm, and sleep about 4 hours, get up, putter around, and then go back to bed around 8, for a two hour nap before getting back up around 10, to shave, shower and go back in to work.

Gordon

 

[Fancy77]

I am a morning person, only on my days off on the days I have to work I want to sleep in, but u didnt have that as a choice lol

 

[Gordon]

Fancy77 wrote:

I am a morning person, only on my days off on the days I have to work I want to sleep in, but u didnt have that as a choice lol

Yes, well, I'm going to log off, and go to bed on that note.

 

[irishbunny]

I'm a night person, I've often stayed up till 3am just watching TV or surfing the internet, usually in Summer holidays. I like the night time because everyone else goes to bed and I can have some peace and do what I want

I think a lot of the reason why I am not a morning person is because of school, who wants to get up at 7am and go to school all day?

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

i am a morning person!!!!! i get up and get my shower and am ready to start my day, i have however gotten a little less then happy in the morning,lol. I use to be able to wake right up and be ready to run, i now need a lil time to get up and do some things before i feel ready to go outside or to go accomplish something,lol. I am up in bed by 9:00 pm , although i dont go to sleep right away and will stay in bed on the laptop or watching tv or even reading until 10:30-11:00 (i know party animal i am) and then i go to sleep. I would rather get up early then go to bed real late,lol

 

[kirsterz09]

well my routine doesn't start till usually gone 10am so I guess I can't technically be a morning person, but I am more awake/energetic in the morning then at night, whilst my fiancee is totally opposite, he's more awake at night.

 

[missyscove]

This depends a lot on where I am. At school I have class at either 9 or 10 every morning, so I get to sleep until 8 or 9 and try to be in bed by midnight.
At home when I'm working I usually start work at 7 am so I have to be up by 6 which makes me much more of a morning person.
I can be awake at either time, as long as I'm getting enough sleep.

 

[BethM]

Although I can find good things about all times of the day, I do prefer to go to bed later, and sleep in. On days I don't work, I try to go back to bed after feeding the rabbits in the morning.

Even on very little sleep, I find it vey difficult to get to bed at a "reasonable" hour, and suffer from insomnia quite often. I can nap during the day anytime, though.

Can't sleep at night, have to be at work early in the morning. I stumble through most of my life absolutely exhausted.

 

[hartleybun]

nowadays i find it hard to stay awake past 11pm. cant burn the midnight oil and partay all night anymore. thank you kids i find i wake up at 6.30 - 7pm whether i've set the alarm or not, all bright eyed and busy tailed as they say:?

 

[Happi Bun]

It depends on when I go to bed! Generally speaking I'm not a morning person though.

 

[katt]

i am totally NOT a morning person.

in fact my managers now fully understand that if they call me before 8 am, i will be nasty or just talk jibberish.

i don't work till 11:45 every day(and i work till 10:15 pm), so i normally sleep in till i HAVE to get up for work, then i stay awake at night till about 3 am.

and i don't wake up well. it takes me a long time (and a lot of coffee) to get awake.

on my days off i will sleep in till 1 or 2 sometimes. depending on when i went to bed.

i am terrible at sleeping at night, i just can't do it, but during the day i sleep like a baby. if my job could start any later i would love it!

 

[Blaze_Amita]

I'm able to switch around for any occasion!
I used to work third while i was in nY but i had no neighbors or anything. Down here where i am now, we live in a duplex with noisey neighbors so i have a tendency to be a night person. But I've got to wake up early enough to take care of my horses and the rabbits in the mornings. If i don't get to see my animals in the morning, i can get ugly. but i'm a second shifter now, which I had been for years before so who knows! I can be naturally pretty ugly person to meet.
Missed me on black friday! I AIMED to run some stupid moron and his little red sports car over cause he kept pissing me off! LOL. Typically I'm okay, depends on the person, situation, time of day and how much sleep I've had.

 

[PepnFluff]

I'm both, I stay up till about midnight each night and get up 7.30 if I have work or school. If I have no need to get up I'll get out of bed around 11 and just feel rank and lazy and achieve nothing the whole day. Where as If I get up to go toowork like today I've allready achieved 2 loads of laundry, 5 hours of work, cleaned the rabbits, had a hour long run, made the panels for gingerbread house and made a cooked lunch.

 

[cheryl]

I'm a morning person...i work from 8am till 4pm,but i am up at 5-5:30am every morning,and i can go to sleep anywhere from 10:30-11:30pm...mostly 11:30pm i turn my laptop off..on weekdays that is

Even on weekends i'm up at 5am,after going to bed like 2 or 3 in the morning,i'm just automatically awake at 5am,but i stay in bed for a little while on my laptop though...i have found that i cannot sleep in anymore,but i do prefer to get up and start my day in the morning,i hate wasting my days by sleeping lol.

 

[cheryl]

cheryl wrote:

i do prefer to get up and start my day in the morning,i hate wasting my days by sleeping lol.

I should say though,that i'm not a busy person at all,apart from working five days a week,i'm mostly home with my bunnies....except for shopping and stuff..but i just have to start my day in the morning no matter what

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Night Owl like you wouldn't believe! Since I was laid off, it's gotten worse, whoopsy.:shock::?:grumpy:

 

[EileenH]

Neither; if I didn't have to work, I naturally wake up about 9AM, and I like to go to bed at 9PM. Don't know what that makes me...

 

[Double N]

I am such a morning person. Thank heavens I work in surgery! We start our day at 6:45 am. Actually, it's 5:30 right now and I'm getting ready to head to the shower!

I love my hours....6:45 to 3:15. I miss rush hour at both times...fantastic!!

 

[slavetoabunny]

Definately a morning person here! I'm usually up 4-5 a.m. Sleeping in for me is staying in bed until 6. My usual bedtime is 9:00.

 

[Mrs. PBJ]

Man I go to bed early and wake up late when at home but at my sisters I stay up late and get up early so depends on where I am