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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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  • ☂cinderella.dress.in.yellow☂ 2012/06/12 19:53:00
    Night owl
    ☂cinderella.dress.in.yellow☂
    im more awake at night then the moring
    im not a moring person
  • the judgebigdogeagle 2012/06/12 19:48:55
    Night owl
    the judgebigdogeagle
    I used to get by with just 4 hours sleep.
  • kfallslady 2012/06/12 19:43:39
    Morning person
    kfallslady
    I'm a morning person.
  • Max7 2012/06/12 19:41:56
    Night owl
    Max7
    Since retiring, I am worse and it definitely is not good for my health
  • 1wickedwitch 2012/06/12 19:39:30
    Night owl
    1wickedwitch
    Both - up early-late to bed
  • Vlorr 2012/06/12 19:38:05
    Night owl
    Vlorr
    +1
    Im both, but I pefer the night becauce its quiet; and peaceful (:
  • Iliketoshow1 2012/06/12 19:36:53
  • I like him....he hates me 2012/06/12 19:34:46
    Morning person
    I like him....he hates me
    more like BOTH lol i don't need sleep
  • g1rlsgotrhythm 2012/06/12 19:32:41
    Night owl
    g1rlsgotrhythm
    +1
    Give me a guitar to play and 7am seems like a decent bed-time to me ^^
    That's happened on more than one occasion.. Most nights actually
  • 22rexy22samo 2012/06/12 19:25:30
    Night owl
    22rexy22samo
    night owl. i stay up till 5 in the morning almost every night.
  • glass_butterfly ~YSU~ 2012/06/12 19:12:59
    Night owl
    glass_butterfly ~YSU~
  • sockpuppet 2012/06/12 19:07:51
    Morning person
    sockpuppet
    I wake up raring to go, first thing in the morning. Always have, even when I was working staggered shifts. As they say, "The morning hour has gold in its mouth." :O)
  • Omni 2012/06/12 19:06:25
    Night owl
    Omni
    +1
    I prefer the nightime, since I enjoy the contrast between the dark outside and light inside. That said, I'm not bitter in the morning like some self-professed night owls are. My attitude is consistent throughout the entire day.
  • Crimson 2012/06/12 18:55:22
    Night owl
    Crimson
    +1
    I'm both. I can stay up late and when I wake up, usually 6:30 every morning for some reason, I feel fine. I don't crash during the day or anything.
  • Rocky 2012/06/12 18:49:04 (edited)
    Morning person
    Rocky
    +2
    I have three parrots - when the sun comes up they start rocking and rolling and want to be fed. Have gotten used to it. My first parrot has been with me for 27 years! Longer then either husband! My Mister Patrick Parrot! Jardine parrot
  • Sam DePecan 2012/06/12 18:48:29
    Morning person
    Sam DePecan
    I rarely ever stay up past 9:00 AM . . . Unless it's a late Giant's Game on TV.
  • Emory2016 2012/06/12 18:47:55
    Night owl
    Emory2016
    Since I am out of school for the summer I am resting my little brain and living it up before leaving for college!!! I stay up late into the wee hours of the morning and sometimes sleep past noon!!! I can't do that in college so yeah!!!
  • Miko 2012/06/12 18:47:04
    Morning person
    Miko
    Guess what?!! One wakes up everyday at 6 am, takes his breakfast and wears his clothes and quickly goes to his work to be there at 7 am. Do u think me a nighty one?
  • Acid Gonewild 2012/06/12 18:44:55
    Night owl
    Acid Gonewild
    2 am is good
  • RoyDMercer - IFOTFD 2012/06/12 18:43:56
    Morning person
    RoyDMercer - IFOTFD
    this one...
  • dahvievanity<3er 2012/06/12 18:43:15
    Night owl
    dahvievanity<3er
    +1
    I will always say I am tiered during the day but when it's like midnight I will be wide awake it is wierd
  • 22rexy2... dahviev... 2012/06/12 19:28:51
    22rexy22samo
    me 2 and then like 12pm im like i am soo very tired.
  • dahviev... 22rexy2... 2012/06/12 19:42:31
    dahvievanity<3er
    thats what happens to me i take a long nap then not go to sleep until 4 or 5 in the morning
  • 22rexy2... dahviev... 2012/06/12 23:35:06
    22rexy22samo
    yeah. my parents think i am crazy.
  • Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/06/12 18:42:58
    Morning person
    Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆
    +1
    Summer is my favorite season, because the sun wakes me up without an alarm clock.
  • AngelaDuke 2012/06/12 18:31:09
    Night owl
    AngelaDuke
    I usually stay up until 2 or 3 in the morning and wake up at 6 am. If i had it my way I would sleep in until 1 or 2 pm though lol.
  • prosperhappily 2012/06/12 18:19:24
    Night owl
    prosperhappily
    I'm so much better off when I can go to bed late and get up late. But, my current job requires me to get up at 6 AM. I'm tired all the time.
  • Margaret Jacobson 2012/06/12 18:08:08
    Morning person
    Margaret Jacobson
    I would rather get up early
  • MlssCue =Go Blue= 2012/06/12 18:00:22
    Night owl
    MlssCue =Go Blue=
    I have always been a night owl & probably always will be!
  • Luke 2012/06/12 17:47:59
    Morning person
    Luke
    Everything is better in the morning!!!!!
  • DevilDoll82 2012/06/12 17:41:36
    Night owl
    DevilDoll82
    I can't stand mornings....
  • brandi lynn 2012/06/12 17:41:34
    Morning person
    brandi lynn
    im bothm, i wake up real early dosent matter if i sleep at 6 am, ill wake up bfr 10 am. and i love staying up. :)
  • aeline.widya.1 2012/06/12 17:34:26
    Morning person
    aeline.widya.1
    Air cool, clear mind. ready to work
  • JohnT 2012/06/12 17:05:45
    Morning person
    JohnT
    Get started, do what you need to do than have the time you want later to do what is enjoyable.
  • louisa 2012/06/12 16:56:40
    Morning person
    louisa
    i cant stay up passed 11 now a days..sleep is too important to me
  • ♥☯ ʂıoвнaп ☮♥ 2012/06/12 16:54:44
    Night owl
    ♥☯ ʂıoвнaп ☮♥
    +1
    I'm not necessarily a "Night owl." I just like it when it's dark outside as I like nighttime, but I also like getting up really early (before the Sun rises).
  • prosper... ♥☯ ʂıoв... 2012/06/12 18:20:21
    prosperhappily
    Do you get your 8 hours in? Or can you get by on less?
  • ♥☯ ʂıoв... prosper... 2012/06/12 19:15:07
    ♥☯ ʂıoвнaп ☮♥
    I normally get less than 8 hours of sleep; most of the time it's 7 or 6 hours.
  • prosper... ♥☯ ʂıoв... 2012/06/12 20:07:07
    prosperhappily
    +1
    I need my 8 hours, generally. I can generally squeak by on a little less. But, I'm at my best with 9.
  • handimom 2012/06/12 15:50:57
    Night owl
    handimom
    +1
    Actually both; I do not sleep well, so I am up early, sleep for several hours in the afternoon/evening, then up half the night and back to sleep for a little while.

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