Our sleep patterns can be the result of the habits we’ve developed throughout life. However, most recent research shows that being a night or a morning person may be built deep into our genes. That’s why these habits are often hard to shake off.
Some people are early risers and some are late sleepers. They are also called larks and night owls, and you’ve most definitely heard of them before. These two options often sound too limiting. That’s why another one became available for those who don’t fit the other two descriptions - a hummingbird.
Analyze your sleep schedule and see for yourself what kind of bird you really are:
You tend to wake up at 6 AM or earlier because morning is your most productive time of the day. Usually you get the most important tasks done by noon. Birds like you go to bed early because you don’t want to mess up your normal sleep-wake cycle. Larks tend to get a good night’s sleep and feel energized and refreshed in the morning.
You’re more of a night person. You don’t necessarily go to parties every night, but you do tend to stay up late, and your brain activity and productivity levels skyrocket by the evening. You find it difficult to wake up early in the morning and prefer to sleep in. You need an alarm to get out of bed and most definitely hit a snooze button a couple of times. Try to get mindless tasks out of the way before noon and schedule important events for later in the day.
If you need to get things done, they’ll be done whenever necessary: early in the morning or later in the evening. You are easily adaptable to almost any time schedule and ready for action at any time. Some hummingbirds have more pronounced owlish or larking qualities, some can fit both descriptions. But in any case, if they are driven by motivation, hummingbirds can wake up before the alarm goes off or just as easily work at night.