tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post7255046827912490178..comments2024-03-28T21:11:46.849-07:00Comments on Perfume Project NW: EARLY TO RISEDoc Ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376377441504529063noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-21906641663233029602012-12-18T13:37:18.417-08:002012-12-18T13:37:18.417-08:00Totally agree with you about misunderstanding the ...Totally agree with you about misunderstanding the data.<br />I've been a night owl since childhood, but luckily can function in early a.m. without much mental stress (and without much sleep!). Have to admit the functioning without sleep thing is getting harder with each passing year, and is, of course, highly unhealthy. <br />Best shift I ever worked was noon to 8pm -- time to loll, or do stuff, in the morning and still early enough in the evening to go out for dinner or a movie.<br />The people I feel sorry for, whether early birds or night owls, are those who have to work rotating shifts, especially in the insane circumstance of having to rotate backwards (nights, afternoons, days). Here in Canada there was a worker who won a compensation case for shift-induced health issues because of the backwards rotation.<br />I also do not understand those professions (eg. nurses) who chose to work 12 hour shifts in order to have more days off per week. Twelve hours is too much! Whatever happened to the struggle for the 8 hour day?<br /><br />-- Lindaloo<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-26694783712360906122012-12-17T11:49:18.375-08:002012-12-17T11:49:18.375-08:00Marla, I agree that the issue is as much "liv...Marla, I agree that the issue is as much "living by the clock" as it is over-valuing work done early in the day. The whole US school system and economy is geared toward making people into assembly-line robots who have to adhere to a rigid schedule dictated by their "masters", who are often anonymous corporations with no human face and no one to take responsibility for anything. <br /><br />I suspect that to some degree even the human beings who hide behind the masks of the "masters" have bought into the whole robotic social scheme, becoming highly paid robotic drones intent only on amassing as much money as possible. Doc Ellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376377441504529063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-88427034729518652892012-12-17T11:36:58.040-08:002012-12-17T11:36:58.040-08:00Gail, I think having time to wake up in a calm fas...Gail, I think having time to wake up in a calm fashion and "settle in" in the morning is really important. I also tend to work on my favorite creative projects late in the evening and night. Doc Ellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376377441504529063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-29505305303008323522012-12-17T10:03:01.138-08:002012-12-17T10:03:01.138-08:00I can't stand Americans' hatin' on the...I can't stand Americans' hatin' on the owls! I'm a lark in a family of owls, and the entire culture is geared to me, not them. So unfair! But even I don't like getting up in the dark and living strictly by the clock, so I think our culture has really "geared" itself to machines/robots, of which we have been hopelessly enamored for over a century now....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888328097434089820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-46463469466112663052012-12-16T20:39:59.031-08:002012-12-16T20:39:59.031-08:00Ellen,
I totally understand what you are talking a...Ellen,<br />I totally understand what you are talking about. Later is always better for me. Even getting ready to teach at 3:00 pm can be a major undertaking. In the mornings I have my own grooming and exercise to deal with, animal care, house and studio cleaning, e-mails, dog walking, post office and at least a couple hours at the piano. When I'm done teaching in the evening there is dinner to prepare and finally after nine I have some time for the things I really want to do, my little creative projects. I'm truly thankful that I don't have to commute and very happy that can chose to be a night owl or an early bird and still manage to get some sleep. Gail Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com