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Friday - The Beat of Circadian Rhythms
Apr. 13th, 2007 04:21 pmThe one luxury of being unemployed is that you get to sleep late. I miss having money to blow, but I do like feeling well rested. I read somewhere that getting at least 8 hours of sleep at night is supposed to help you lose weight, but I have to say I don't think it's working in my case.
There is something invigorating about getting to wake up with the sun rather than before it. On my own, I find I wake up around 7:30 AM without a problem. The daylight is slipping through my window at that hour and it's still early enough that I don't feel like the day has been wasted. Still, for most of life - starting with my mother tossing a pitcher full of ice water on me to get me out of bed as a child when rousing me any other way failed - I have wondered why people who get up early have always been the ones to make the rules. Owls may be wise, but Larks seem to be the industrious ones that run the companies and administer the schools. I have a theory about how this came to be.
( Larks v. Owls )
There is something invigorating about getting to wake up with the sun rather than before it. On my own, I find I wake up around 7:30 AM without a problem. The daylight is slipping through my window at that hour and it's still early enough that I don't feel like the day has been wasted. Still, for most of life - starting with my mother tossing a pitcher full of ice water on me to get me out of bed as a child when rousing me any other way failed - I have wondered why people who get up early have always been the ones to make the rules. Owls may be wise, but Larks seem to be the industrious ones that run the companies and administer the schools. I have a theory about how this came to be.
( Larks v. Owls )
