As a byproduct of waking up 7 AM for four years of high school, I am now what some call a morning person. I wake up naturally around 8:30 AM, alert and ready to start my day. While to some this may sound like a pipe dream, it’s rough when you are in college, when people consider anytime before noon to be early morning. If you–like me–can’t stay asleep past sunrise, here are a few things you might relate to.
1You often get dressed in the dark.
Considering the relatively low-percentage of early morning people on this campus, it’s likely that your roommate will not have the same desire as you to start their day at the crack of dawn. Thus, you will probably have to deal with getting dressed in the dark each morning while trying not to wake the sleeping bear that is your roommate.
2There’s no one to do early morning activities with you.
True story: I once naively signed up for a 9:30 a.m. yoga class, excited to get some exercise in before classes and to see all the other yogis with similar mindsets. Well, my hopes were dashed that day because I was the only person in the class. While it was cool to get a private yoga lesson for the price of a group class, I was pretty disheartened to realize I was the only person willing to show up that early.
3You have hours to kill before libraries open on the weekend.
One of the advantages of being a morning person is being able to get a jumpstart on work on the weekend. The bad news is most libraries, like Olin and Uris, don’t open until 10, while Mann Library–my personal favorite–stays closed until noon. This means you’ve likely showed up, eager to get started on your massive to-do list only to remember that it doesn’t open for another half hour, or had to pass some time in Mann Lobby waiting for Manndibles to open. On the upside, you are likely to be the only one there at that time, so you’ll get priority seating.
4You generally go to bed early as well
An inevitable consequence of waking up as early as you do, is that you get tired sooner. Thus, you aren’t always up for super late nights, and struggle when you get invited to study at the library or go out on the town. When FOMO gets the best of you and you attempt to stay up later than your regular bedtime, your friends can expect you to be particularly grumpy and possibly even fall asleep at your computer the next day.
