“I do believe in reincarnation, but I do not believe there is life before noon.”
~Florence King
There are those who wake up every day without benefit of an alarm clock, who get out of bed as soon as they open their eyes and are instantly alert, cheerful and full of energy.
And we hate them.
For those of us who prefer to get up at the crack of noon, the world seems to conspire against us. Ever since Benjamin Franklin admonished those who burn the midnight oil with his fatuous prescription for health, wealth and wisdom, we stand tacitly accused of indiscipline and sloth. The typical working day favors the lark who arrives early and dives in while we owls valiantly just try to not be 20 minutes late again.
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For better or worse, it's a lark's world. We're just living in it. Still, if it's any consolation, James Joyce, Winston Churchill, Dorothy Parker and Elvis Presley were all night owls and somehow they managed to cope. And, of course, there's always the hope that someday our nocturnal fraternity will change the world when everyone else is asleep.
(an excerpt from, "Rise and Shine: Coping Tips for Night Owls" by Peyton Mays, Senior Editor, MSN Shopping)
4 comments:
AMEN.
wait... you don't like getting up in the morning?
haha i just wrote this whole bitter comment and then deleted it, cause it was really bitter. but i second the AMEN. i don't try to make people who go to bed early feel guilty about going to bed early, if they're tired, let them sleep. it's too bad they can't seem to do the same for me the next morning...it's not like we're "wasting the day," we just use the night more.
Heh, that boyfriend of yours is funny. Your dad is one of those people... and your mom is NOT, interesting how that can still work.
I think they should take Elvis Presley off that list of people who woke up late and still managed "cope"...
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