Daily Routines

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Zombie

I can't function properly before noon no matter how much sleep I've had.

Exactly the way I feel. Luckily I'm self employed. But I do all my work in the afternoon.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Exactly the way I feel. Luckily I'm self employed. But I do all my work in the afternoon.

Ha!

I'm also self-employed. I discovered that while being freelance can be scary, it's worth it to me to be able to yell "I DO WHAT I WANT" and mean it, even though this time of year is never kind to those in my field.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by Zombie

Ha!

I'm also self-employed. I discovered that while being freelance can be scary, it's worth it to me to be able to yell "I DO WHAT I WANT" and mean it, even though this time of year is never kind to those in my field.

i'm self employed too~ but i open my daycare at 6 am, close it at 5 pm~ i can't sleep past 5 am for anything, i don't care if i just went to bed, when it turns 5, my eyes open on their own~ even if i have been tying one on, those damn eyelids, manage to pop right open~

i am very routine-ish~ w/ everything in my life~ i am anal about cleaning & vacuuming everyday, i have to do it or i can't sleep~ i make my bed right when i wake up, even before having to go in for the morning tinkle~

i don't freak tho if things get off track tho, having a kid has taught me tons of patience, i can get things going again w/out a hitch~ & i am one helluva multi tasker~

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Zombie

Ha!

I'm also self-employed. I discovered that while being freelance can be scary, it's worth it to me to be able to yell "I DO WHAT I WANT" and mean it, even though this time of year is never kind to those in my field.

Me too, on the self-employed. Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up. I'm just not a morning person, and I never will be. And I knew, at about 14, that I HAD to find a job that didn't involve mornings. I literally SHUDDER, just thinking about mornings! Bleck!

[David]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up.

I'm happy getting up between 7:30 & 8, having breakfast, showering, getting dressed, & starting my day!

But sometimes I like to get up at dawn to do some yoga or meditation, which puts my soul in balance with my body.

[Angel69]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Me too, on the self-employed. Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up. I'm just not a morning person, and I never will be. And I knew, at about 14, that I HAD to find a job that didn't involve mornings. I literally SHUDDER, just thinking about mornings! Bleck!

But wouldn't that make any time you woke up your "morning"?

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by holidayroad

If I lived alone, I would follow your schedule!

You are a busy bee! I suppose I am also that busy, but just on the opposite side of the clock. I go to sleep after I get the kids on the bus and then wake up when they get home to do dinner, homework, cleaning, etc, until I shove them into bed and then I get my work-work done.

Originally Posted by vivfox

I had some interesting dreams.

I've been dreaming a lot about zombie invasions lately, but that's just cos I've been playing too much Resident Evil 5.

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Me too, on the self-employed. Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up. I'm just not a morning person, and I never will be. And I knew, at about 14, that I HAD to find a job that didn't involve mornings. I literally SHUDDER, just thinking about mornings! Bleck!

Yeah, I've never been good at mornings. School was a special kind of hell for me because of it. I've read off and on since I graduated high school about them considering starting school later in the day because kids aren't built to function properly that early in the morning, but I haven't seen anyone go through with it yet.

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Well it seemed a little (albeit sick) more interesting than discussing my sleep patterns.

Well...I suppose it could've been worse...

[sara1998]

Originally Posted by Zombie

I've read off and on since I graduated high school about them considering starting school later in the day because kids aren't built to function properly that early in the morning, but I haven't seen anyone go through with it yet.

I've read all about this as well, but I've read more on the part that elementary aged children can actually function better in mornings, while high schoolers function better later on. I've always thought school start times were a bit backward in that elemenetary started after the high school. It really should be the other way around. I see the point in starting high school earlier though, because it gets them ready for the real world and having to get up and be somewhere first thing. (well, for most jobs...) But for my daughter, she would function better if she could stay awake long enough to pass her algebra class... haha!

[Zombie]

^^^^^

Yeah, little kids are awesome at getting up really early. My son will be 10 soon, and I've noticed over the years, though, that he's less and less spry in the AM. He used to bounce out of bed at 6 AM like nobody's business.

I've always thought it was backwards, too, but I think they have the high school kids go earlier so they can get out earlier to maybe watch little brothers and sisters after school or go to a job or something? I know that around here, the high school bus drops off the older kids and that gives them about 20 minutes or more before the little kids' bus comes and drops them off.

It's probably also to do with getting ready for the real world, too, though.

All through high school, I got stuck with physics or bio or chem or statistics first thing in the morning. It was HORRIBLE. I was always dazed.

[sara1998]

I'm up around 5:15am and out the door by 6. I'm home by 3:40, when I immediately sit on the couch and get on the computer until the girls get home at 4:15. That is my only alone time during the day, so I make sure to do exactly what I want to do in that half hour. After they get home, it's cook, clean, help with homework, showers, and bed. Boring stuff.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Angel69

But wouldn't that make any time you woke up your "morning"?

But the beauty is that there's no alarm clock!!!! I wake up, when I'm good and ready! If I want to lie there for two hours, I can!

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Noon, is the earliest, I EVER want to be up.

I prefer getting up after 7am but before 9. Any earlier than 7 and I'm grumpy

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I prefer getting up after 7am but before 9. Any earlier than 7 and I'm grumpy

Even if I CAN get to sleep early enough, I just feel grumpy in the AM, and swear my allergies drive me crazy, early in the morning. Swear to god, if I get up at noon, they don't bother me!