Getting up early

TheBlackPill

I find getting up early is a great way to avoid awful people
was out hillwalking from 9am, hardly anybody there was great. only when finishing at midday did the see you next tuesdays on the scramblers make an appearance
ditto with supermarket shopping. very civilised before 10am but once midday comes is full of landwhales shouting and roaring at each other
has anybody noticed this correlation between time of day and the proportion of awful people in public places.

Nope. The vast majority of people I meet are rather decent, especially now that most are wearing masks.

OP, your attitude might be part of the problem. Go out expecting awful people, then you're going to find them. They're probably reacting to your attitude...

Antares35

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Nope. The vast majority of people I meet are rather decent, especially now that most are wearing masks.

OP, your attitude might be part of the problem. Go out expecting awful people, then you're going to find them. They're probably reacting to your attitude...

Pretty sure the ones on scramblers are see you next Tuesdays without the help of anyones attitude.

Man with broke phone

Its half true op. Theres the people up early because they want to do stuff and have manners then theres nutters who are up early because they want to wake everybody up. Blaring radios and reving engines.

Some people want to sit up until 2 am watching family guy, its none of your business. You dont have to wake them.

Beechwoodspark

Since I was more or less threatened back to work I find getting up at 6 am doing my rounds(stock sales rep for the likes of spar stores) by noon is a great way of

Avoiding crowded situations in general
People are often more chilled out/ realistic? in the mornings

Pre lockdown I would start my work around half 9 now it’s half 7

I don't like getting up early. I'm happy to be around people though so have no reason to avoid them, afterall I am one.
With the exception of one day a week where I'm up at 8 am (shudder), 10 onwards is time enough for me to be getting up.

ablelocks

I don't know what a see you next tuesday is

buried

If any of ye can manage it, try get up around 4am these mornings, hopefully on a clear sky stretch and look out to the east, Lucifer/Venus the light bringer rising up from the horizon, you can nearly make out the curvature of the planet when it appears down low.

ablelocks

ablelocks wrote: »

I don't know what a see you next tuesday is

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Cal4567

OP. Sshh. Don't tell everyone.

By far the best time of the day. Love it more this time of the year. Bright so early. Something also magical about watching the early dawn rise in winter from the back garden.

The older you get as well, you only need 5/6 hours sleep. One of the joys of maturing.

Rubberchikken

I work nights so have to shop later in day but amn't finding any hassle.
Vast majority are wearing masks, queues are few and far between.

Always up early. 7:30 would be a lie in.

It’s definitely a great way to avoid ***** on the roads or ***** in shops. Get all done before they get their holes out of the bed. I love how lazy a country this is.

Greyfox

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Always up early. 7:30 would be a lie in.

That's a horrible way to live, lie ins are amazing

mojesius

Been WFH since March. I'm loving waking up naturally around 8/830 most days after years of being tortured by an alarm clock 5 days a week at 6/630 to beat traffic. Long may it reign.

Greyfox

Greyfox wrote: »

That's a horrible way to live, lie ins are amazing

I find it great. If I didn’t get up til 9 or something I’d sit for the whole day as I’d feel it was already wasted. I hate lying in bed once I’m awake, it’s a filthy habit.

I love early mornings.
I wake up every day between 6.30 & 7.30 am

I work shifts & when I get home after night shift I don't go to sleep.
I love mornings. Not because I don't like people, I just like mornings........
Mornings are super

Smee_Again

Pre-Covid is to be up at 6 to beat the traffic, during the lockdown Id damn all work to do and nowhere to go so was getting out of bed at 10/11.

Now I’m working from home and the gyms are open I’m up at 6 to go the gym and then starting work at 8. I love it.

RandomViewer

Cal4567 wrote: »

OP. Sshh. Don't tell everyone.

By far the best time of the day. Love it more this time of the year. Bright so early. Something also magical about watching the early dawn rise in winter from the back garden.

The older you get as well, you only need 5/6 hours sleep. One of the joys of maturing.

5 or 6 years ago I would have gotten away with 5/6 hours need 7/8 now 51

angel eyes 2012

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Always up early. 7:30 would be a lie in.

It’s definitely a great way to avoid ***** on the roads or ***** in shops. Get all done before they get their holes out of the bed. I love how lazy a country this is.

Ditto. My bodyclock has me up at 6.00 every morning even Saturday and Sunday. 7.00 would be a lie in, I can't physically go back to sleep. On a Saturday I could have the shopping done and back by 7.30 and yes strangers annoy me especially slow people in supermarkets and slow drivers in carparks.

gifted

I always seem to wake early.....I would love to just sleep until 11 or 12 but I can't. I think it's because I tend to wake at 6 for work so come the weekends I tend to wake around 6.

In saying that I find watching the TV very peaceful in the morning while the family sleep on....my time.

gifted

I always seem to wake early.....I would love to just sleep until 11 or 12 but I can't. I think it's because I tend to wake at 6 for work so come the weekends I tend to wake around 6.

In saying that I find watching the TV very peaceful in the morning while the family sleep on....my time.

Hand in Your Pants

Love mornings but find it hard to get up early. Would love to do one or two hours reading before work everyday and maybe some meditation. Anyone had any success changing their habits?? I ignore my alarm until last minute.

beauf

Hand in Your Pants wrote: »

Love mornings but find it hard to get up early. Would love to do one or two hours reading before work everyday and maybe some meditation. Anyone had any success changing their habits?? I ignore my alarm until last minute.

You can train yourself into a routine...

The key to getting up early is a good nighttime routine and you need to train yourself into in it over a few weeks.

beauf

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/amp/articles/325479

You can usually tell who is an early riser. They can't stop banging on about it.

Wanderer78

beauf wrote:

The key to getting up early is a good nighttime routine and you need to train yourself into in it over a few weeks.

Routine definitely is key, but unfortunately I still struggle to rise early, fatigue is a cnut, I require a lot of rest or I can't function, new medication isn't exactly helping either

Gruffalux

To get up early you have to go to bed early. Which is no loss. After 10pm other people are mostly eating crisp sandwiches in front of the TV. That is very boring to watch. If you get up early all the glorious newness of the world is yours to enjoy before others start to put wrinkles and crisp sandwiches into it.

Wanderer78

Gruffalox wrote:

To get up early you have to go to bed early. Which is no loss. After 10pm other people are mostly eating crisp sandwiches in front of the TV. That is very boring to watch. If you get up early all the glorious newness of the world is yours to enjoy before others start to put wrinkles and crisp sandwiches into it.

Not always the case for myself, I regularly go to bed early, before 10pm, but struggle outta the bed, it's a pain in the arse

Gruffalux

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Not always the case for myself, I regularly go to bed early, before 10pm, but struggle outta the bed, it's a pain in the arse

New medication maybe.
Years ago after getting insomnia from waking up so often to the babies I started taking Avena Sativa, which is a soporific herbal tincture. It worked great for sleep but I used to be like lead in the mornings, just lying there for ages with a cotton wool mouth going gaaaaaahhhh..

Febreeze

I work in retail, Mon-Friday, 6am starts, wake up at 5am because I have to eat and have talks with myself that somehow my ticket will be the winning lotto ticket.

My lie ons on the weekend.... 7am and that's a good lie on time me. Washing, shopping etc all done by 10am and I feel like I have a full weekend to myself.

I need a new job that let's me work from home haha

Pkiernan

Why don't we early risers get a round of applause from the professional layabouts we have to get up to go to work to pay for?

That'd be a nice way of them showing some appreciation.

beauf

Pkiernan wrote: »

Why don't we early risers get a round of applause from the professional layabouts we have to get up to go to work to pay for?

That'd be a nice way of them showing some appreciation.

Maybe they should get a round of applause for fixing all the mistakes the half asleep early risers make when they get into work.
Then for the late cover they provide when those early risers skip off early later in the day.

beauf

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Not always the case for myself, I regularly go to bed early, before 10pm, but struggle outta the bed, it's a pain in the arse

Maybe you're not actually sleeping well. A sleep monitor on a smart watch would tell you. Another possibility is you need more sleep than average. I've known people who need 10 hours a night to function.

Wanderer78

beauf wrote: »

Maybe you're not actually sleeping well. A sleep monitor on a smart watch would tell you. Another possibility is you need more sleep than average. I've known people who need 10 hours a night to function.

got a loan of a fitbit recently, only had it for a night, but im gonna get one myself, it was a particularly crappy night sleep, only 4 hours, was probably in the bed for at least 8. unfortunately its common with my disorder, autism, tis a pain in the arse. i definitely need more sleep than the average

Gruffalux

Wanderer78 wrote: »

got a loan of a fitbit recently, only had it for a night, but im gonna get one myself, it was a particularly crappy night sleep, only 4 hours, was probably in the bed for at least 8. unfortunately its common with my disorder, autism, tis a pain in the arse. i definitely need more sleep than the average

I also need more sleep than average. 8 hours good, 9 hours best, but if I get less than 6 and a half it feels like someone has injected poison in my veins for the whole day! Everybody is so different.

Wanderer78

Gruffalox wrote: »

I also need more sleep than average. 8 hours good, 9 hours best, but if I get less than 6 and a half it feels like someone has injected poison in my veins for the whole day! Everybody is so different.

oh i know that feeling alright, brain fog, its very difficult to function like so

BuboBubo

You early risers are so great, I bow to you.

Shift worker here, I should get a sainthood

beauf

beauf wrote: »

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/amp/articles/325479

You can usually tell who is an early riser. They can't stop banging on about it.

Like most things that people do.

Gruffalux

BuboBubo wrote: »

You early risers are so great, I bow to you.

Shift worker here, I should get a sainthood

I doff thee Saint BuboBubo, patron saint of that hallucinogenic moment of uber-exhaustion that always hits at least once during night shifts.

TheBlackPill

Antares35 wrote: »

Pretty sure the ones on scramblers are see you next Tuesdays without the help of anyones attitude.

The scrambler dudes were really dangerous. signs everywhere saying no scramblers. they could have caused serious injury. for example they were cutting across rough ground between different levels . Heard them coming up a slope but couldn;t see them. saw the exit of a very narrow trail<1 foot) and luckily stopped the children before this. Lo and behold prime see you next tuesday comes barrelling onto the main trail. There was no way he could have seen anybody before it was too late, as we couldn;'t see him until is front wheel was over the lip.. man in his thirties too.

Church on Tuesday

I'm a Night Owl TBH and while I enjoy the early morning vibes outside, I don't enjoy feeling totally exhausted and that would be with getting to bed early. I don't do chirpy mornings.

Everyone is wired differently and there's science to back it up, also if you have a reputation for getting up early, you can spend the rest of the day in bed

TheBlackPill

despite my OP, i am a night owl. I just find whether using a public office, shops, parks, tourists site, being in early is a lot less hassle. except in Germany. the later in the easier it is

the purple tin

I used to have an early start job, it was nice in the Summer but horrible in Winter. You would go to work in pitch black and by clocking off it was already getting dark again.

I enjoy a bit of golf but I see people with their names on the time sheet at 6:30am on a Saturday or Sunday morning and wonder how they do it.

Btw I'd love if I could get up and play that early but I just couldn't do it.