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When I was younger I used to be a night owl. I even had a night job. But over time, I started to find that no matter when I went to bed, my eyes just popped open & stayed open earlier & earlier as the years passed. Now the seem to have stabilized at 5:30 AM. So I get to see that sunrise too, most of the time. My circadian rhythm just kind of reset itself

Gonna pick the Bronze Age ( I want to see those early inventions invented), the 1940's (<3 FDR, and my nation reinvented itself amidst war) and 100 years from now, long enough for "Wow what progress" but not long enough for "Are these still even people or what??".

I used to be a night owl, but now I am somehow a morning person. For years I worked 11-7 for just that reason, then when I got a job that required earlier hours (which I dreaded) I adapted to it. It took a few years. But now sleeping past 7 is sleeping late.

But I have noticed that when I have several days off, like long weekends or vacations, I tend to start reverting back to up late, sleep late. So perhaps I am still a night owl,just not living in my natural habitat.

Scotty wrote:I actually just discussed this with my gf and she said she wishes she had a superpower that allowed her to skip sleeping entirely and still be fully awake at all times. It would be glorious.

I haven't gone to bed before midnight in years. I'm most creative from 1-4am so my brain is hotwired to stay awake and write or talk to me. It's kind of a curse. I'll usually get 5-6 hours of sleep every night, and have gotten to the point where I wake up 5 minutes before my alarm- which sucks donkey dick because I always try to wake up with an alarm, and instead of waking up once, I have to wake up twice in a couple minutes time.

Lately, I've been traveling A LOT, and it's fucking with my sleep cycle. The other day, I was on the west coast, flew to the east coast (+3 hours), stayed for a day, took a bus (in which I can't sleep on for whatever reason) west to South Dakota (-2 hours) for 2 days, during which daylight savings time happened (+1 hour) and now I'm bussing to Wyoming and Montana where I will probably lose another hour. Pile on a diet where nothing is open for food around me after I get out of my show at night, and I'm eating pizza EVERY NIGHT FOR 5 DAYS STRAIGHT and I'm turning into a pizza with a slight case of insomnia.

Tl;dr: I don't like the advent of sleeping. I wish it didn't exist.

And if it's Dakota/Wyoming/Montana pizza, it sucks.

I feel for you.

My alarm goes off on weekdays only, but it is a "just in case", I am always awake when it goes off.

When I was younger I was more like that, In my 20's I could sleep 12 hours easy, and I slept through alarms fairly regularly. My husband told me he would be in another room and hear the alarm, and go in the bedroom & I would be laying there snoozing away, with the alarm 6 inches from my head going "BLAAAAT BLAAAAAT BLAAAAT". The only think that ever woke me up when I was asleep was dogs barking.

I like 7 or 8, but my eyes pop open after about 6. I still lay in bed, read, pet the pets, whatever, but I am still not sleeping

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