The Guilt of Not Being a Morning Person
I’m an “entrepreneur” who stays up late and sleeps in. Judge me.
My name is Sarah and I’m not a morning person. Wow. It feels so good to get that off of my chest.
It’s 3:20am as I’m writing this. In just a few hours, before the sun even rises, “go-getters” everywhere will wake up. No snooze necessary. They’ll meditate, go for a run, do some yoga, send out 16 emails, read an entire book, and drink a decaf latte.
Meanwhile, I’ll probably sleep until 9:15, hit snooze 6 times, begrudgingly roll out of bed around 10, brush my teeth and proceed with my morning routine of cycling though Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for 20 minutes until I’m absolutely disgusted with myself. Then I’ll make some coffee, check emails, and cry at the amount of work I could have accomplished if I was a “good” entrepreneur. The kind who swear by mornings and stringent my productivity tactics. You know, the kind that the people at Entrepreneur magazine want to write articles about.
I’m not delusional. I know that I feel better about myself when I wake up early and get a jump start on the day. I know that productivity peaks during certain hours but more often than not my best ideas come to be at 10pm. I don’t like feeling guilty for my habits when I still get the same amount of work done…
