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Are You a Morning Person or a Night Owl?

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The early bird catches the worm ... and he's chipper all day, too. Morning people are happier and more satisfied with life than night owls, a new study suggests, according to LiveScience.

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"We found that older adults reported greater positive emotion than younger adults, and older adults were more likely to be morning-type people than younger adults," study researcher Renee Biss, a graduate student at the University of Toronto, told LiveScience. "The 'morningness' was associated with greater happiness emotions in both age groups."

Only about 7 percent of young adults are morning types, but this tends to change as people age. Morning people also reported feeling healthier than night owls. So why are morning types so perky? Well, they might be more likely to get enough sleep, but they're also on track with the rest of the world. "Society's expectations are far more organized around a morning-type person's schedule," Biss told LiveScience. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
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  • AngryGabby 2012/06/13 00:02:09
    Night owl
    AngryGabby
    +8
    I may rise in the morning, but I certainly don't shine. Who's happy about getting up at the butt crack of dawn?

    Besides, owls are so beautiful!
    barn owl great horned owl snowy owls

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  • S.H 2012/06/13 17:15:08
    Night owl
    S.H
    +1
    I'm a bit of a nocturnal beast, to be honest.
  • caius madison 2012/06/13 17:07:53
    Night owl
    caius madison
    +1
    Don't particularly like sunlight. I've been an indoor night person for so long that my skin appears bleached.
  • brandrizzle 2012/06/13 16:56:51
    Morning person
    brandrizzle
    I get up at 230 am every morning for work, when I get home I take a nap and then I am ready to go on and I feel like I get a lot accomplished by the time I go to bed
  • musicman95 2012/06/13 16:55:13
    Night owl
    musicman95
    I don't like the day because I'm working during it. but I love night time
  • Depsycho 2012/06/13 16:46:06
    Night owl
    Depsycho
    +1
    If only everyone offered a "vamp schedule" so I could sleep the dang mornings away and not have to get started til late afternoon. I've got way more energy at night, and the sun just drains me if I'm outside.
  • adeenmckenziekennedy 2012/06/13 16:24:32 (edited)
    Night owl
    adeenmckenziekennedy
    I am not a morning person. I am the most active during the night and I am a younger adult.
  • John Hall 2012/06/13 16:14:59
    Morning person
    John Hall
    i guess it would be morning it seems i cant sleep past 6am on my off days .
  • Merhabi Daham 2012/06/13 16:13:17 (edited)
    Night owl
    Merhabi Daham
    +2
    I AM THE NIGHT.



    Also, I'm Batman.
  • Bookworm 2012/06/13 16:01:42
    Night owl
    Bookworm
    I wanted to check a box that said "neither" but there isn't one. I wish I was a morning person, but I need my zzz's. I find it hard to keep my eyes open after 10:30 pm and hard to open them up earlier than 9 am. Something interesting I have noticed, the older people get, the earlier they seem to wake up and the less sleep they need. I sure hope that happens to me. I would looove to be one of those people that get up at 7 am. I would get so much more done.
  • Matt Forrester 2012/06/13 15:57:45
    Night owl
    Matt Forrester
    Only reason I owned, & lived atop a bar/nightclub for more than 8 years... :)
  • sodamonger 2012/06/13 15:55:29
    Night owl
    sodamonger
    I stay up late & still wake up early. Its a gift. :]
  • Saye Saye 2012/06/13 15:54:22
    Morning person
    Saye Saye
    Being retired allows me both should I choose.
  • nenenae 2012/06/13 15:50:47
    Morning person
    nenenae
    +1
    Yes I luv to get the day started
  • SoftBear 2012/06/13 15:39:18
    Night owl
    SoftBear
    +1
    My brain does not function before noon. I may look like I'm awake ...
  • TheDeadShadows 2012/06/13 15:35:03
    Morning person
    TheDeadShadows
    Bugger i meant to click night owl
  • AlexBlick 2012/06/13 15:32:33
    Night owl
    AlexBlick
    Night owl.
  • kthulhu 2012/06/13 15:30:14
    Night owl
    kthulhu
    unfortunately i have to wake up early because of work, and i end up being tired the whole day.
  • Zeus2713 2012/06/13 15:27:03
    Night owl
    Zeus2713
    I'm not awake until 11ish, unless I have to set my alarm for work, and im up until past midnight every night, night is better than day
  • overdog001 2012/06/13 15:21:00
    Night owl
    overdog001
    Early to bed and early to rise... is a vice.
  • SoftBear overdog001 2012/06/13 15:44:01
    SoftBear
    Nor is the meaning of that old saw as obvious as it seems. :-o
  • Autumn 2012/06/13 15:18:39
    Night owl
    Autumn
    +2
    broken alarm clock

    Every morning.
  • Bookworm Autumn 2012/06/13 16:02:12
    Bookworm
    Too funny!
  • darlenedoskas1969 2012/06/13 15:16:18
    Night owl
    darlenedoskas1969
    I've always been most functional at night... best jobs I've ever had were night jobs... I've never burned out on night shift, but I've burned out on day jobs several times... go figure
  • shansera 2012/06/13 15:12:40
    Night owl
    shansera
    I would rather be a morning person, I wouldn't feel so lazy!
  • Bookworm shansera 2012/06/13 16:02:22
    Bookworm
    Me too.
  • Rob 2012/06/13 15:12:19
    Night owl
    Rob
    In my experience, the "morning" person may be chipper all day, but he/she's no fun after 8PM.
  • fortycal_sig 2012/06/13 15:10:00
    Night owl
    fortycal_sig
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Chef Bunyan 2012/06/13 15:06:01
    Morning person
    Chef Bunyan
    +2
    20 years in the military will MAKE you a morning person! And being that I was a cook I had to be IN the galley at 5 in the morning to fix breakfast. The chow line opened at 6:30
  • harley oldman 2012/06/13 15:05:36
    Morning person
    harley oldman
    +1
    Morning in general....But, I can flex my Talons on certain occasions
  • Patric 2012/06/13 15:01:15
    Morning person
    Patric
    +3
    unless you think 4 Am is still the night ...
  • James 2012/06/13 14:56:10
    Night owl
    James
    Both really. I work till 1AM, get up at 8-9 AM
  • Bronar 2012/06/13 14:39:34
    Morning person
    Bronar
    +1
    Depends on the night though....
  • chuck 2012/06/13 13:35:15
    Morning person
    chuck
    Wheee!!! mornings are great the best thing about morning f$%&*ing with you non morning people
  • Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/06/13 13:26:57
    Night owl
    Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~
    +1
    I love evenings best, hate mornings...
  • ☠ Live Free Or Die ☠ 2012/06/13 13:13:55
    Night owl
    ☠ Live Free Or Die ☠
    +1
    Both; I like to be awake as much as possible. I don't know why. When I sleep a lot, I feel like I'm wasting my life.
  • Applesauce ☠ Live ... 2012/06/13 13:28:05
    Applesauce
    +2
    I feel the same way too! I am a morning person, and my eyes are usually shot open by 6:30 am, lol. Tired by 9pm. T3T
  • Bookworm ☠ Live ... 2012/06/13 16:02:38
    Bookworm
    +1
    I hear you
  • Nish 2012/06/13 13:11:07
    Morning person
    Nish
    I am a Morning Person
  • Aingean 2012/06/13 12:30:53
    Morning person
    Aingean
    +1
    I'm both but compared to the other people in my house I'm a morning person much to their annoyance. :D
  • Lady Aiyanna 2012/06/13 12:27:49
    Morning person
    Lady Aiyanna
    I am a morning person whom many call the Sun because of my original name which means No More Darkness. Off late I have become a night person (two weeks) but think I have to revert back to being the Sun at Break of Dawn with some good night rest.
    Its starting to wear me down sitting up at night.

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