[Sequoyah101]

Im an owl and wish I was a lark. I envy those ready to get up early.

[Flycatcher]

Last year, I spent 180 nights in the wilderness. This year, so far, 160.

Living this way, you discover one thing real fast: Humans are a diurnal species. We are not meant to be night owls.

In very short order in the wilderness, you go to bed the moment the sun sets. And you get up even before dawn, at the first hint of light.

This soon becomes "natural."

[super7man]

I guess Ben Franklin had it right all along.

[Sir Napsalot]

Sorry, the study should have been done on ‘more regular folks’, to draw a more convincing conclusion.

“In the study, researchers looked at the lifestyles and personality traits of 700 Spanish psychology students from two universities. The subjects ranged in age from 18 to 32 and included slightly more women than men.” It didn’t even say roughly the ration of early birds vs. night owls in normal people and in this study.

I am sorry this study didn’t find too many/much upside for the night owls.

[ETL]

Little River Band - Greatest Hits - The Night Owls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5R40czQ-rI

[Paine in the Neck]

If you get up at dawn you’ve already wasted 3-4 good hours.

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[discostu]

Nobody ever discusses the none of the aboves. I’m a mid-afternoon kind of guy.

[dfwgator]

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

[NorthstarMom]

At times these studies can seem to be contrived or silly. In this one, however, I could see my morning bird son and my night owl son fit the descriptions exactly.

[PUGACHEV]

Being a night owl myself since early childhod, I’ve come to think that it is a personality trait with a definite genetic origin. Maybe it goes back to a time when humans existed in small bands of fifty people or so. There would always need to be some few who were comfortable staying up late to guard the cave entrance or the campsite. They were the night watch.

[Cementjungle]

I was always a night owl, and it was a struggle. Most of my career I worked on big software projects, and I normally stayed up until 2:00 AM working on work-related stuff from home. I was generally on call for things as well, and since we had offices (my last job at least) around the world, so I could get calls any time of day or night (weekends included).

In my early years I would set 2 alarm clocks, and for a number of years I had the mainframe programmed to call me as a backup alarm. Sometime even that didn't work.

Occasionally my bosses tried to give me grief about rolling into the office at 9:30 or 10:00, but they couldn't change my ways. Fortunately I was always able to get everyone at work to adjust to my schedule, and I got to finish out my career doing things my way.

[MortMan]

And it looks like night owls may have it tougher when it comes to their overall well-being and functioning in a predominantly 9-to-5 world.

It's all SOCIETY'S fault!!!!!! /sarc

[Exit148]

I have this pasted on my computer:

“The Internet is in direct contradiction with bedtime. One of them has to give.”

I used to be a morning person. And then came the Internet. Sigh.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Among the differences they found is that morning people tend to be more persistent. Morning types are also more resistant to fatigue, frustration and difficulties, which often translates into lower levels of anxiety and lower rates of depression, higher life satisfaction and less likelihood of substance abuse.

So...according to this study, night owls are inconstant and weak, tire easily, easily frustrated and stymied, anxious and depressed.