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Maybe fix it by accepting it and yourself.

I love getting up early for the same reason. Everyone is asleep everything is quiet and I can just relax in a way I can’t when people are around.

If you can, try to arrange your morning routine to give you some extra time to sleep and enjoy the quality time at night.

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To second this- I have been an extreme night owl my entire life. Trying to sync my sleep/wake to an early morning schedule was to live a miserable life of permanent jetlag. It wasn't thriving; it was barely surviving, with no mental juice left for love or hobbies.

I finally had a health event that was a real come-to-Jesus moment about 10 years ago. As part of dealing with it, I learned to accept my nature as being what it is.

And now, 10 years on, my life has never been better. That doesn't mean easy or without issue, but I'm finally living as myself. And that makes all the difference.

what do you mean by "accepting"? To me accepting means being a night owl and not being bothered by it or its social repercussions. sorry, mixed with the note about the health event, it sounds like you sleep nights now, but that clashes in my mind with "living as myself" and "accepting". not trying to say it is contradicting, just that I did not fully understand it.

By accepting, I mean stop trying to force myself to be a morning person. This wasn't a trivial thing- the job I had paid well, and people depended on me. But I now do different work, that fits my natural rhythms.

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