Early riser or night owl? New study may help to explain the difference

Re:Early riser or night owl? New study may help to explain t... by pclstyle on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @03:40PM (#22417191)

Seems like an unpopular opinion, but this is my experience as well. Went from sleeping from 4-10AM to 11PM-5AM over the course of 3 years, without changing time zones. I swore I was a night-owl my whole life, but I definitely fall into the category of early-risers now. Overall happy with the switch; I love having those quiet morning hours to prepare for the rest of my day.

For me, it was about establishing new habits, setting up an environment conducive to sleeping by midnight, and having some external pressures like a work schedule, etc. I've heard this validated by external testimony as well.

Can't say there are no biological factors at play that impact individual inclinations, but it's a bit hard to believe that we're hard-wired for one over the other.

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Re:Early riser or night owl? New study may help to explain t... by silvester23 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:39AM (#22422384)

> but it's a bit hard to believe that we're hard-wired for one over the other.

How is this harder to believe than the huge amount of other human characteristics that are directly affected or even effected by the genes?

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