Archive for October 26th, 2009

I claim myself as a non-morning person. But my husband would argue with me that there is no such thing as a morning person or night person. According to him, human beings are primates and also part of the animal world. Most animals that cannot see well at night would usually sleep when the sun is down and wake up at the break of dawn. When he puts it that way, sure it makes sense. Originally, in the olden times people usually prepare to get to bed when it gets dark outside. However the more technologically developed we are, starting from the invention of electricity light, we humans began to sleep later and later.

So okay, human beings are not made to be a morning person or a night person, we all should sleep early and rise early. But since nowadays, our light bulbs are bright as daylight we can do things that normally we do in the morning. And some people like myself, prefer to work at nights because it is rather quiet since most people are already asleep. But is it something genetic? That we are born to be a morning person or a night person? Nope, just habit.

I guess, I have to agree with my husband. There isn’t such a thing as a morning or night person, but habit would make one either of the two. Although I didn’t really mind to become a night person, but since I have to wake up early everyday to prepare breakfast and all, the habit of sleeping late is taking its toll. I have not even touched 30 but I believe if I don’t start changing my sleeping habit, I better be prepared to be needing tubs and tubs of anti-wrinkle cream. Or botox. No matter whether you are a human being of the 18th century or of the 21st century, enough sleep is essential for health and beauty.