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Revenge of the Night Owls

excellent news. But what about night owls living in this terrible early bird world? When can we, the brilliant, take over the scheduling? It’s really the conspiracy of the intellectually challenged early risers to make the smarter night owls look lazy…isn’t it.

whileyouweresleeping:

And speaking of vindication…

Remember when you, the night owl, were living with an early bird who really DID NOT SEE ANY GOOD REASON WHY YOU WOULD HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON FIVE THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE EVEN CONSIDERING GETTING THE HELL OUTTA THIS BED, SERIOUSLY, WATCH: YOU WAKE UP, YOU GET UP, IT’S NOT. THAT. HARD. NO, I DON’T BELIEVE IN BODY CLOCK, I DO, HOWEVER, BELIEVE IN LAZY, AND BY THE WAY, TURN OFF THAT LIGHT, I’M TRYING TO SLEEP.*

Well, guess what: research shows night owls are better at performing tasks 10 hours after they wake up (regardless of what time they wake up) than early birds. In other words, night owls are intellectually functional for longer.

So, as Newsweek’s Sharon Begley says:

… if you’re an early bird, you can stop feeling morally superior: night owls can keep their brains awake and alert for longer after they wake up—even if it’s after noon—than you can.

HA.

— From London.

*In all fairness, Early Bird and I did end up resolving this particular issue. It involved accepting that there is such a thing as different circadian rythms, which, while they may cause problems in couples, make complete evolutionary sense. But that’s a story for another time.

3 November 2009 • reblog: whileyouweresleeping

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