“I’m not a morning person” is true for a lot of people who still show up at 7.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

The statement can be completely accurate and still not be a reason. Plenty of people who feel awful before nine are at the bus stop anyway, not secretly enjoying it. What separates them is that they stopped waiting to feel like it first. Preference and capability get blurred together, and that blur is where most missed mornings come from.

Pick one thing you keep skipping because of how you feel at the time, and do it badly at the right hour for two weeks. Make the first step small enough that mood cannot veto it. Then see whether you became a morning person or stopped needing to be one.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

How much do you skip by calling yourself a night person?

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