can a night owl become a morning person?

I have loved every minute of having J home again — except when he woke me up at 6 AM because he was getting ready to go into work.

“We should really become morning people,” he said. “You get so much more done when you wake up early.”

“Uggggg,” I mumbled in response.

This summer, living alone and working from home, my average wake-up time was 10:30 AM. That’s because I usually wouldn’t climb into bed until way after midnight. I’m a night owl. Or part vampire. I feel the most creative when the moon is out. The past two months, it became habit for me to start writing the next day’s blog posts around 11 PM, and I’d stay up until I was satisfied with my work. And since I get a charge out of writing… well, I was usually up for a loooong time.

That’s not to say that I haven’t dreamed about what it’d be like to workout, shower, eat breakfast and read the entire NY Times before 8 AM. Heck, maybe I’d even get in a little bit of the Today Show before Hoda’s and Kathie Lee’s unwatchable hour.

Of course, living in Omaha, my dream would be even harder to make a reality. Most companies, including my previous one, open their doors at 8 AM rather than the more respectable 9 AM. Again, “Uggggg.”

So, is it possible for a night owl to reprogram herself into a morning person? More importantly, do I really want to start going to bed at 10 PM?

PS – Where can I get that nightlight?

(image via flickr)