Morning Person vs. Non-Morning Person

Let's start by defining these two personality categories;

Morning Person - any person who is generally more productive, efficient, and alert in the mornings (per Dictionary.com)

Non-Morning Person - the opposite of a morning person, but add an easily irritated demeanor, slow to think, and the need for quiet time to ease into the day (per Tammy Scully - there is no definition on record)

Another way these two people have been categorized is as an "owl" (nightowl) or "lark" (morning person). The owl likes to stay up late and sleep all day, and the lark tends to go to bed earlier and get up earlier.

So enough about the technical crap in regards to this topic - lets get down to business!

First I'd like to start by saying, I am NOT a morning person!

The best part of my days are usually the parts where I am peacefully asleep, chasing dreams, having adventures in those dreams, and am completely relaxed.

Then....BUZZZZZZZZZ, BEEP BEEP BEEP, BUZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!! frickin' ruins everything!! Since the alarms scares the ever-lovin' shit out of me, it simultaneously irritates the shit out of me! Then I lay there, and think about how I have absolutely no desire to lift my comfortable, relaxed body out of the cozy warm covers.

At that moment I decide I want 10 more minutes of chill-time (which sounds like a lot to a non-morning person), so I reset the alarm (I don't use the snooze feature), roll back over, now more comfortable than I was originally, and quickly crash out! This process may be repeated a number of times.

Each additional minute of sleep is a CRUCIAL part of a non-morning person's day. Two extra minutes of sleep to a larks means nothing, but means the world to an owl - this is usually where the morning person and non-morning person start to have complications:)

Example script below:

(lark): realizes the alarm went off and starts to wake up...
(owl): grunts under their breath as the alarm screams in their face
(lark): opens their eyes and lays silently
(owl): almost crashed out again
(lark): "I should get up!" - "hey are you getting up now?"
(owl): "No! I have 10 more minutes, no talking!"
(lark): "Dang!" thinking that was rude
(owl): "Sorry, just want to enjoy the last 10 minutes before I have to start this day"
(lark): "Shhhhh! No talking! (poking the bear, while snickering)
(owl): "I'm NOT talking!"
(lark): "Shhhhh! No talking! (poking the bear again, while snickering)
(owl): irritated because they just spent 3 of the 10 minutes talking about nothing while being
poked at:(
(lark): gets out of bed
(owl): lays there a minute longer convincing themselves to get up - then gets up
(lark): "So, what do you have to do today after work?"
(owl): "Urgghhh...I don't know! I don't even know what to wear yet, much less what I'm going to
do at 5pm today!"
(lark): gives a sad puppy dog face and leaves the set/scene
(owl): finishes getting ready, then heads off to work, then sends an "I'm sorry for being a bear"
text, and all is better:)

A few things to avoid when waking up around someone who is NOT a morning person:

1. NO conversation is GOOD conversation

2. NO questions - the brain isn't functioning enough to articulate answers

3. NO sarcasm/poking - this is an automatic irritation for obvious reasons;)

4. Know that being grumpy in the morning has nothing to do with you and it will be over soon

5. Know that you'll always get an apology an hour+ later. The last thing a non-morning person
wants to do is upset whomever is around them at the time

6. Quietly (no talking) and calmly snuggle up (if you want to snuggle, if not no worries)

7. Remind them the evening before to get everything in order before bed, the easier the morning
is, the better:)

8. Wait until at least lunch time to ask about what to eat for dinner - dinner has no importance until at least noon...or later! ;)

9. Basically just do as little as possible for at least the first hour - and you're sure to get a smile!
Last, but most importantly...

10. Don't Poke the Bear!!

BONUS POINTS: Awarded when you give them a nice calm back rub, while everything is still quiet. It eases them into the day by waking them up slowly and makes them feel good. Not sure if this is true for all owl's, but this is 100% true for me!!

So, what are you? An owl or a lark? A morning person or a non-morning person?

Please share!!