Why try to sleep in when it's impossible?

[Clyde_Simpleton]

I usually wake up at 5 to 5:30 for work during the week. Today is the first one I've had off in awhile and I got to sleep in until 5:45!!! I didn't even set an alarm. Now to just wait until 7 when the grocery store opens so I can get back home sooner. Oh the joys of getting older.

 

[sharkbait130]

Yup , yup and yup. I have my alarm set for 4 am for work. Most days , I am up before the alarm goes off. To be fair , I do go to bed fairly early most nights. Weekends come and I can stay up a bit later. Yeaaay , I get to sleep in the next day. Nope nope and nope. I am up by 5 am almost every time. On nights when I have a gig , an afternoon nap is mandatory. Those nights I sometimes don't get to bed till around 2 or 3 am. Great jumpin' moosepoop. Even on those nights I'm usually up by 6 or 7 am. Fortunately , having worked construction all my life and having to get up early has turned me into a morning person. The morning ride to work these last few days has made for some spectacular sky watching as the moon , Venus and Jupiter have all been bunched together in the Eastern sky.

 

[John j]

Know what you mean.
I used to have to get up at the crack of noon every day.

 

[Pilgrim]

I get up at 6, and most days I wake up between 5:30 and 5:45. I've trained myself well.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

I actually appreciate my newfound consistency for waking up at roughly the same time everyday. The only issue is that going to bed later means I’m only going to get less sleep as I’ll still wake up at the normal time. Long gone are the days of sleeping til noon... or later.

 

[murphy]

Doesn't matter what time I get to bed...Awake at 6 am

 

[SteveC]

It’s actually better for you to get up and go to bed at relatively the same time every day - weekend or not.

 

[Old Blastard]

I'm 60.
@ 32P. Then sleep to 6.

 

[soulman969]

I know. I sit up all night long worrying about that every day. The worrying is killing me.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I get up around eight,
get coherent around nine
I don't worry about anything,
because worry's a waste of my time

 

[MJ5150]

Welcome Mr. Brownstone.

-Mike

 

[IamGroot]

I almost always have my Kramer beater bass near my bed. If I wake up, i play it in the dark laying flat on my back. Excellent practice time. Cures insomnia. Often fall asleep with it in my arms.

 

[wesonbass]

Same here. Up at 5 everyday for work before the alarm. Don't need an alarm anymore. Sleeping in would've been nice this morning but I was wide awake at 5 . What's even worse is trying not to wake the Mrs. Who seems to not have a problem sleeping in.

Welcome Mr. Brownstone.

-Mike

Good catch!

 

[Chad Michael]

"Pee - thirty" wake up /c:

 

[dreamadream99]

I used to be that way. I was a morning person all my life: school, then college, then public school teacher. Always up early.

Then I quit teaching to be an arranger and musician. I started working all night, and sleeping all day. Got completely turned around.

Then years later I started a career as a corporate trainer. 9 to 5 again. Did I get turned back around to a morning person? Nope. Not once; not ever.

To this day, I can wake up every morning at 6, but if I don’t set that alarm on Saturday, I’ll sleep till noon.

 

[SteveC]

Yeah, when you top 50 or so it’s pee time al the time. Sucks getting old.

 

[GregC]

I’m 55 and have never been an early riser. One semester of my sophomore year at college I had no classes before 11:15, it was fantastic. I still try to sleep till at least 10 (preferably 11) on the weekends.

Since entering the corporate world, I’ve managed to have jobs with somewhat flexible hours, which means I don’t have to get up early (typically) AND I’m able to avoid the worst of the traffic both ways. I can still get up earlier when I have to for an earlier call or meeting. Several times in the past couple years I’ve rolled out of bed before 6 for international calls.

 

[FunkHead]

At 54 I can easily sleep 9 hours. My Real job is 4 til midnight and I sleep from 1:30 Am until about 11 Am.
I wish I could get by on 5 hours sleep...

 

[fhm555]

It’s about a quarter to 5 here in the central time zone. My alarm will be going off in about 11 minutes.

 

[Justinvs]

I can't even blame it on old age, since I've had weird sleep patterns all my life. My parents finally gave up on me sleeping all the night and I started helping my Dad night calve by the time I was in the 8th grade. I usually crash on the couch for a few hours before midnight, go to bed, get up around 2:30 and write for an hour (or check the cows during calving season) go back to bed and get up around 6:00. If I don't have a lot of corral work to do I take the dogs for a run or a mile of xc-skiing, then go to work.