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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 27, 2011 at 11:07 PM
Excellent, thoughtful post, Daly. And thanks for the mention!
I’ve become a bit of a morning person in recent years. Not from choice, but when I got married three years ago, my wife’s dowery included two cats who like to be fed as soon as the first birds begin chirping outside. For some reason they understand that I’m the soft touch and so I’m awakened each day by a wet nose in the face, and paws dancing over my chest.
But I am not complaining. The little furlines have given me a taste of the peace and productivity of morning—that is after I’ve filled their bowls with kibble.
Steve Z.
Posted by JBfromBrainStormWFO
Jun 28, 2011 at 09:07 PM
I think getting up early is of questionable value.
It’s one of those correlation/causation things… healthy people with active social lives tend to get up early, and individuals do the same when healthy and having active social lives.
Certainly the morning light hitting your eyes improves mood.
However there’s also plenty of evidence that night owls get more done and are more intelligent.
If you want to get up and get started earlier, eat a solid paleo diet, and have protein within 30 minutes of waking up. Sleep in the dark. Free run your sleep if possible. Eating breakfast earlier will set your circadian rhythm.
Also, seeing faces in the morning is excellent for your mood.
Posted by Edwin Yip
Jun 29, 2011 at 12:42 PM
In the past millions of years our ancestors got up early, it must mean something.
As a software developer my problem is getting to sleep early, this has been improved after I read the book ‘The power of now’, but changing a habit is really hard…
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