![]() ![]() In contrast, my mother, who had three of us, has become a light sleeper and can’t stay in bed past 8 a.m. and only then was it possible to focus on their own work. Their kids would go to bed at 8 or 9 p.m. For example, some parents find themselves more productive only at night because, for a long time, they had to be. Some people become night owls due to some changes in their lives. How lifestyle and circumstances shape the night owls ![]() But the extremes are rare, as studies have shown. Early birds would be considered really early risers (say, between 4 and 6 a.m.), while the night owls would be those going to bed long after midnight. Science tells us that out of the three types, the vast majority of us actually belong to the last one. It’s the main way of distinguishing between the night owls, early birds, and - believe it or not - the intermediate type. It is used to describe the way our bodies function through the day: when we wake, go to sleep, eat, when we’re most energetic, etc. Circadian rhythm and metabolism’s role in a night owl’s routineĬircadian rhythm as a word comes from the Latin words “circa” meaning “about”, and “dies” meaning “day”. Night owls reach their peak in the afternoon and evening, while the larks find that productivity boost earlier in the morning. Brains that are more functional late in the afternoonĪside from genetics, neurological studies and imaging have shown over and over again that early birds’ and night owls’ brains just work differently. And since they’re part of the genetic material, they can be transferred as easily as eye color from the parents to the child. Scientists Satchidananda Panda and Luciano DiTacchio have managed to locate the gene that basically functions as an alarm clock for our bodies. Genetic predisposition for late-night workįairly self-explanatory, if someone in your family is or was a night owl, especially one of your parents, odds are that you will be one as well. Let’s take a closer look at each factor and how they come together to form a night owl’s unique work habit. How our lifestyle and circumstances shape our habits.Circadian rhythm - owls’ and larks’ bodies function on a different wavelength.She examined several different studies to draw the conclusion that when we are most productive depends on: An article by Rachael Rettner is among many who can answer the question of nighttime productivity. Night owls are a mystery that has garnered quite a bit of attention lately. Why are some people more productive at night? Both owls and larks are equally productive, just at different times of the day. It’s the same with productivity and people’s biological clocks. ![]() One isn’t inherently better than the other, they’re both sweet, but people will always choose one or the other. To compare them more casually, both groups are like ice cream flavors - vanilla or chocolate. In fact, numerous research on night owls and morning larks (another term for early risers) focuses more on the differences in other aspects of life. The working world is currently better suited for early birds, which is why you hear more about them. Are night people more productive?Ĭontrary to popular belief, one group isn’t better than the other. So, one would say this article is mainly a spotlight for them, while giving the rest of us some much-needed slap on the hand for thinking they’re lazy. It was Schulz and this quote that set me on a path of researching night owls and becoming less misinformed about them. As a corollary, I get a lot less interested in everything else.” “It starts, as I said, around 10 p.m., when something ticks over in my mind, as if someone had walked into a shuttered cabin and flipped all the switches in the fuse box to “on.” For the first time all day, I get interested in writing. One particular part had me smiling, and instantly understanding these strange “night birds”: I’d be dead-tired by 11 p.m.īut, in researching night owls, so far removed from my own lark-y self, I ran into a captivating article by Kathryn Schulz. And for such a long time, I couldn’t understand them. ![]() They can work late into the night, sometimes even until morning. Night owls are people who find their most productive hours after some people have done their bedtime routines. Consider shifting to an intermediate routine.Find your most productive time of night.Why are some people more productive at night?. ![]()
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