The trouble for night owls is that they just
have to be at places such as work and school far too early. This is when the
alarm clock becomes the night owl’s most important survival tool. Experts say
that one way for a night owl to beat their dependence on their alarm clocks is
to sleep with the curtains open. The Theory is that if they do so, the morning
sunlight will awaken them gently and naturally. The truth is that, unlike the
feathered owl, human owls can’t claim that a nocturnal existence is their
natural lifestyle. They are programmed to be at their best during the day. Also
if we try to change our schedules and work at night, Mother Nature isn’t
fooled. Night is still the time when our body slows down. Night owls simply
start and finish a little later than average.
I’ve found
for you an interesting video „Early birds vs.
Night Owl”. It’s only 3 minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPJ0729NVjw
… and a
little quiz : http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/time-management/early-bird-night-owl
Research
and scientists say that being morning or nightly person depends on genetics. We
can have some resent to our ancestors :P Luckily, our internal clock can change
with time.
How about
you ? Are you an early bird or a night owl ? Do you believe in the natural body clock
?
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I am definetely night owl, I often go to sleep at 4am and sleep too little, but to be honest this is forced by my duties.
I wish to be an early owl and go to sleep at 10pm and wake up at 7am but it is undoable right now.
Do you believe in the natural body clock ?
Why wouldn't I believe a fact?
Robert how do you manage to go to sleep at 4 am? Are you able to sleep long hours the next day or you must wake up early as well? Honestly i think I would die, if I do that:P My natural body clock is even "bad at me" when I party till 3 or 4 am. and I have to sleep it off for next couple of days:P
Kamil are you an early bird or a night owl?
Why wouldn't believe a fact ?
I don't know, maybe in the world exists people who can adapt to any situation without discomfort.
I've always been an early birds like you, but last time I see in my body clock some from night owl. I'm not saying that my brain is more efficient in the evening or night, but I can't sleep before 12pm.
I believe in natural body clock, but I believe that we're all programed to wake up with sun and go to sleep with sunset. All other who claim that they like to stay up all night and then sleep whole day, I consider being too alternative.
But If we have to distinguish between two type, Im an early bird, because I wake up almost every day before 7
I believe in body clock, I always wanted to get up early in the morning but it's impossible for me. I am sleepy all day and I can't really think in the morning.
One time I made an experiment. I just didn't use any clocks for about a week.
I felt great and definitely proved that I'm owl. I also often party so it can have some influence.
Here is a short and funny video on the subject:
http://cinemassacre.com/2014/12/05/you-know-whats-bullshit-sleep/
Unfortunately I am always trying to get up earlier and because of it I am tired at my best productive time - which is mostly time after 20:00 and as a result I am absolutely not productive at all :)
"The Theory is that if they do so, the morning sunlight will awaken them gently and naturally" NOT WORKING AT ALL :(
I don't know if it goes as a package with all night owls but I cannot wake up only with one alarm clock, I always set like 10 alarm clocks, one after another + snooze so in the morning I have symphony of alarm clocks that still don't convince me to wake up :D Is it only typical for night owls? Or early birds suffer from same problem? :D
I am definitely an early bird! I like waking up early around 6 or 7 a.m.and I know if I wake up at 10 or 11 a.m. I'll feel bad, I will feel that I have lost a lot of time. But if I wake up early I'm full of energy, I'm in a good mood and I'll have a productive day.
I'm sure that the natural body clock exists! Every time before going to bed when I tell myself that I need to wake up at a certain time it works for me. Of course I set my alarm clock as a fallback, but in 9/10 times I wake up 5 mins before the alarm clock.
As for natural body clock, I am sure it exists because I believe that our body likes routine and where is routine there has to be something to sync with. In our case it is this natural body clock
However, when I have a free day, or not many important duties, I definitely prefer being night owl. In my opinion, sleeping till noon and staying up late at night seems to be perfect description of ideal weekend.
By nature, I would consider myself as a night owl. I used to spend much time working on laptop till 2-3 am - I found it easier to get focused working at night. Now, as I need to get up at 6 am to get to work, I somehow managed to switch to "earli bird mode" - otherwise I would be unable to work.
Do you believe in the natural body clock ?
Yes, but I believe its "customizable", at least in my case.
Yes, I belive in natural body clock, and as Krzysiek mentioned I also think it's "customizable".
Regarding to natural body clock there is nothing to believe in, it is fact, but also it is customizable a bit.
It is true however that when people wake up at 8am and start their day, it can be more productive and you'll probably be less negative. Whenever i get a chance to be well slept and wake up at that hour, this day seems like it was taken from Truman Shows life. I really try getting used to it, starting work early, so i can spend late day for relaxing and eventually going to sleep. But it is still a bit tough for me and just occur randomly. For sure i can't work at late hour, because i do only half of work which i can do early morning.
As for natural body clock - yes, i believe they exists and also i believe that mine is broken. Maybe i just got tired of monotony which involved getting up to school at same hours and some extra lessons almost at the same time each week. But now i am trying to fix it so it won't come in a way with a job.
If owl is also a bird then I'm unspecified bird ;) Maybe an owl, who knows?
I go to sleep about 1-2 am and I wake up about 9. I try to wake up earlier but my clock is really bad and I always win this dueal- my sleep of course.
Come on scientists invent something that would give us full control of sleep, and that would make waking up less painful. It's 21st century!
I think that being an early bird is a much healthier lifestyle as it has been practiced from the beginning of time. People's body clock was integrated with day and night changes (also because their artificial light sources were unefficient) and they didn't have any other option than to get up and work before it has gotten dark outside. Modern early birds get up early, have a lot of energy, do most of the things they plan and go to sleep at "normal" time. I would love to change my lifestyle to early bird mode, I've tried to, but never succeeded.
The other thing is that some people can't sleep early in the night. I've recently read some studies on this subject and am currently testing a method to avoid this. The study shows that blue light suppresses melatonin production. Melatonin is a hormone responsible for our natural day/night rythm. That's why after gazing at the computer for hours we cannot sleep well. The method is to turn off all electronical devices with blue light screens at least one hour prior to getting to bed. There is a great app for portable devices, it is called Twilight. It adds a warm filter to your screen and lowers its backlight in the evening. The eyes don't get tired as easily as while using smartphones without a filter and I think it makes a person sleep more easily. Here's a link to this app's homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/twilight4android/
something normal for me. Overall I prefer waking up early after about 7h of sleep. Or weekend... then I am definitely night owl propably like most of us;)
Im sure that natural body clock exist. I had to change it by myself a lot of time, little annoying.
However, working in the morning is a nightmare, so does the idea of waking up early sound like. I am ALWAYS waking up multiple times at night checking if it's the time to get up already, because if I allowed myself to fully sleep, I'd be afraid to oversleep for work. Considering the mainstream office job system that is not optimal.
On the positive note, I can use my private time after work more efficiently, until my brain is in "Zombie-mode" and refuses to work due to permanent lack of sleep ;-)
"Do you believe in the natural body clock ?" - Yes, I do. In the same time, I believe it is easy to change.
I have heard of this method before but IhI not tried it. However, I think it would be efficient as it helps you to prioritize and keep you focused.
2.What methods of increasing productivity do you use in the current conditions (or which have you used before)?
I do not have a specific method but I usually make a to do list depending on my current priorities and check them off one by one as I complete them and regularly update the list.
However, if I were to choose, I am rather a night owl, I would rather sit longer and do something than get up in the morning for that.
I believe in a natural biological clock, I used to even have to work it out, but unfortunately I have completely unbalanced it. I have to start sleeping regularly and come back to it!
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