EARLY BIRDS VS NIGHT OWLS –WHICH ARE YOU?
‘IS this about how much you hate me in the mornings?’ My husband, having spotted the title of this article, ventures an educated guess at its contents. I mean, he’s not wrong. Over the past seven years, he has tried his utmost to ‘convert’ me to his way of life. A life that includes sunrises and early-morning workouts, and a chipper, golden retriever-type attitude that will no doubt be the focus of my murder trial.
His efforts have been in vain. Anything that happens before 9am holds zero interest for me. If we could make it 10.30am and throw in a coffee, then sure.
In my 20s I had a roommate who would just shuffle past me in the hallway in the mornings without so much as a nod. Come 11pm, however, we would be sitting on the balcony drinking wine and laughing like drains. The joys of cohabiting with a fellow night owl.
For some inexplicable reason, the world collectively decided that being a morning person is the ideal. I’m guessing they had a vote, and scheduled it for 5am.
We hear it all the time: ‘The early bird catches the worm.’ That old chestnut. ‘Early to
