Pre-dawn ecstasy is that last hour just before sunrise when all is calm and quiet. When the world is still asleep and you can actually hear yourself think. Actually feel yourself breathe.
It’s a time of silence where nobody’s world is colliding into yours. It’s just you, and an abundance of quiet time to do with what you please—Morning bliss.
Unfortunately, I don’t get to experience this “wee-hour” morning phenomenon too often because I’m not a morning person. Though I wish I was.
Crack of dawn is elusive to us non-morning types. The ones who cling desperately to their pillows hoping for another minute of sleep.
We late night dwellers stay up way too late, only to pay for it in the morning with our sluggish bodies and our “don’t-bother-me” attitudes.
I often try to convert myself. I try going to bed earlier so I can taste this morning bliss, but my conversion never lasts. Mostly because as much as I love morning bliss, I also enjoy that moment at night when the house falls silent after everyone’s gone to sleep—Nighttime bliss.
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Of course, I always have to learn and relearn again that you can’t convert who you naturally are. I’m a natural born night owl. Mornings are for the roosters who are wired that way. At best, I shoot to rise a little before the alarm clock wakes the whole house. I do so in order to steal a few moments of silence and meditation before the house goes chaotic from the kids and the husband who occupy it.
So even though I’d love to be a “wee hours of the morning” person, I’m just not. And no matter how hard I try, my wiring refuses to be rewired.
Do you prefer morning bliss or nighttime bliss? Have you ever tried to change your hard wires?
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I’m a definitely a nighttime owl. I’ve always chalked it up to not wanting the day to end. I was that way as a teenager and I’m sure I’ll be that way till I leave this earth. Even though as I’ve gotten older I find that I pay for it more in the morning when I don’t get enough rest, I still try to hang as long as I can.
As far as trying to change? No, never…LOL! Even my kids know to go to daddy in the early a.m. hours if they need something. *chuckles*
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeelll, it’s 12:50 AM and I have to be at work at 8:30 in the morning. It’s not looking good at the moment! LOL Yes, I too am a night owl with 5 days of early appointments. Not a good thing but it is what it is. Morning is good for quiet but I find nighttime a better time for creativity. the problem is when I get going (like tonight) I don’t want to stop! But I am now- LOL. Good night!!!
I’m a stereotype “early to bed, early to rise” person. I love waking up while it’s still dark and just snuggling in my bed for awhile, letting my thoughts run amuck. The morning hours are also when I sip coffee and enjoy the blogs I follow. I love the dark and quiet, coffee, and watching the sun come up. Sometimes the dog-dog joins me and keeps me warm.
I used to be a night-owl, in my wild oats days, up until the wee hours and sleeping past noon.
Today…well, I had to convert. It’s the only way to really get a moment’s peace or solitude to write and muse. My head may not be totally awake, so it’s a good time to read emails and blogs and stuff that’s more brain-candy. Otherwise, I’d never get it all done.
Convert…convert…come to the dark side of morning.
Melissa, my fellow night owl sister, I feel you. However, on the never wanting the day to end thing, I’m the opposite. I can’t wait for the day to be over so I can enjoy the night.
Daytime is so filled with busyness, stress, and drama that I can’t wait for the evening and night to roll along to soothe my weary soul.
Susan, considering you were right in the midst of your night owl ways when you wrote your comment here, says it all.
Sometimes I get some good writing done in the middle of the night,and like you, I get on a roll and don’t want to stop.
Julie, I’ve tried that “early to bed, early to rise” thing on several occasions but it just won’t stick. But those times where I’ve done it—-those wee-hour mornings—-felt so refreshing and heavenly.
ML, calling it “the dark side of morning” is certainly not a good selling point. If you’re going to convert me, I’ll need better marketing techniques from you, sir. 🙂
I am “nighttime bliss”. I love when my house is quiet at night. I will light candles, sit in my favorite chair and enjoy a delicious dessert or a nice cocktail. I do my best sleeping in “mornning bliss.” LOL!
Sharon, doing your best sleeping in morning bliss, is too funny. You are a nut. And what’s with these nighttime cocktails? Stop acting like you’re fabulous and fierce over there.
The first several years I worked from home I worked late into the night. For a few years during that period my husband worked nights and it would be common for him to come home at nearly 3AM and find me still in my office working. And sometimes I wouldn’t go to bed even then.
Eventually I stumbled across Lissa Coffey’s What’s Your Dosha site (http://www.whatsyourdosha.com/) and discovered Ayurveda. I also discovered that my prime working hours were 6AM to 10AM. Of course, I scoffed at this idea. I had never, I repeat NEVER been a morning person. But at the time I felt like I was working super long hours, yet I was spinning my wheels. So, I figured, what did I have to lose? I gave it a try. I went to bed at a decent hour and tried getting up at 5AM to do some writing.
To my complete shock I discovered that my brain worked best and my energy was at its highest level during those early morning hours. Around 2PM the brain gets fuzzy unless I take a break, do some housework, or take a walk. And after 10PM, the brain cells are like, “Fuggedaboutit.”
The moral of this story? (Spoken in my best Dos Equis man voice)
I don’t always get up at 5AM to write, but when I do, I’m friggin’ brilliant.
Roxanne, the moral of your story is my sentiment exactly. I don’t always get up in the wee morning hours, but when I do, I’m friggin’ brilliant. 🙂
Maybe we are night owls by nature but sometimes dabble in early morning brilliance when our souls call for it.
Oh, I am not a morning person. I am a night owl. My problem is that because I enjoy the peace and quiet of the night so much I end up waking up late the next morning only to be stressed because I’m running behind. I think I will always be doomed to this vicious cycle.
Ellen, the vicious cycle thing is a killer, isn’t it? You’d think we’d learn by now. The nighttime bliss always gets us in a world of trouble come sunrise. Whenever I overdo it and stay up wayyyyy into the night, I always have a “don’t bother me” attitude in the morning.
I prefer the morning. When I am the only person stirring about the house. I do my best cleaning at this time. I can sit thru an entire movie without dozing off at this time. This is my quiet before the storm time.
Starla, if I turn on a movie or start cleaning in the early morning hours, that’s a sure-fire way to wake up the whole house.
If I’m up that early, I make sure I move around in the quietest manner possible to avoid others from invading my quiet time.