On Owls & Larks
I have finally come up with the perfect metaphor to describe being a night person (owl), as opposed to a morning person (lark):
Imagine all people are powered by self-charging batteries, but nobody gets to decide when and how they recharge.
Larks have batteries that charge while they sleep, and which deplete at a steady rate. They wake up refreshed, on full power, and slowly run down the charge during the day. When the charge finally runs out, they fall asleep.
Owls, on the other hand, charge their batteries while awake. They wake up with a small amount of charge, and so take a long time to get going, but steadily gain energy as the day goes on. Their batteries don’t reach full until after dark, but run down much more quickly, culminating in a flurry of intensive energy late at night. However, this excess energy has to be almost - but not fully - used up, in order for owls to sleep. If they use too much, they have to stay awake a bit longer; otherwise, they don’t have enough charge to allow their bodies to rest.
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razziecat said:
Also an owl here! :) This makes all kinds of sense.
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This is a good metaphor. However, I think I would like more if I didn’t now know the medical reason/s behind my feeling...
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