Early riser or night owl? New study may help to explain the difference
I've been a night owl my whole life, with the exception of that period during secondary school where I was so depressed in the evenings I went to bed early and as a consequence woke up super early.I have followed every advice, meditation (1yr), excercise (3*1.5hrs per week for 18 months), staving off screens after 18:00 (8mo), no caffiene, no sugar, no food of any kind, I also tried: too much food, cooling my body down before I go to bed, valerian root, sleeping pills, codeine, running before sleep.. absolutely positively everything.Why? because there is a strongly negative view society has on me for waking up at nearly 9am every day, or staying at work longer into the evenings.At some point I have to call it quits, it's not working.(FWIW my brain "wakes up" at night, I get the majority of my best work done between midnight and 4am, and for 6 years now I have avoided being awake during that time for any reason.. but recently I let it happen for one night and the output was insane compared to my daily hours)EDIT: Based on the comments here, I just need to have a kid.