i hate mornings - but im honest about why. work. work sucks. i dread it. typically i go to sleep at 1am and get up at 7am very miserable and depressed about my day and then count down the minutes till i can go home

in contrast, i could go to sleep on friday night at 4am (saturday) and get up saturday morning with a nasty hangover at 6am and be alert and as happy as anything. do my chores, make my coffee, happy to be alive !!

thankfully i only have to work 40 more years

Jeez, that's no way to be. You won't live 40 more years if it's like that.

Now, basically retired due to the lack of work, I've developed a theory or two. One should plan on making a career no more than 20 years and be able to make enough money to retire modestly at that point. Then, on to career no. 2. Maybe 3.

The way I see it now, if you can't make the money and save/invest it in the first 20 in order to be financially secure, you need to do something else. Better if you could do the first stint in 15.

What do you do Scott?

I'm often bored with my job, but I don't hate it.

Hey Milt. I am trying to start on career number 2. My first was pretty good, I am comfortable now with needs taken care of but still have wants, career number 2 should take care of that ( plus I am bored sh^&less ).

Yeah, I read that you're now retired. The world of cars offers a lot of opportunities with low pay. :p

lawyer. i dont always hate it, and there were times in the past i really liked it. goin on 11 years of it though... its getting very old

its more that I hate doing office or "desk" work. what i dread is knowing that i have to be stuck inside an office all day. sitting in a chair all day is painful, physically and mentally. the days im in court all day, i really dont mind at all...but those days are not often enough

i envy anybody that is able to work from home. someday i hope to be able to

I hear ya. I remember living in Grand Rapids. It's just about as west as you can be and still be in the eastern times zone. Still friggin' dark at 8:00a.m. Dark again by like 3:30p.m. Didn't like that. Of course in the summer you'd still be golfing at 9:30p.m. :D
Here in Ct. it's the opposite. Light at like 5:15a.m. before DLST which I like. I feel for ya Legion, I didn't like it one bit. Move to the east coast ;)

Scott, maybe you ought to take a refresher course and change your specialty.

wish it were that easy milt. im required to take refresher courses every year

really no matter how you slice it, its still a desk job. sittin still all day is tough, thats all. feels like a jail cell. of course, i realize it could be much worse so i try to stay positive :rolleyes:

Do what we do in the PNW -- substitute caffeine for sunlight. It works pretty well.

Anyone who has trouble getting up in the AM, falls asleep during the day, feels like they need naps, etc. ... should check into whether they have sleep apnea. Esp. true if you snore.

Wow, we are very different.
My office is 6 minutes from home.
I'm up at about 4:45 am each workday. I hit the snooze a couple times most days but I'm in the office usually by 5:30 with my mind already to go for the day. I go, go, go throughout the day, seeing clients, driving to see clients, etc. Each day varies and really no 2 are exactly alike, which I really enjoy.

I'm normally home for supper by 5-5:30pm. Watch the news, play with the kids, etc. By 9:30, I am whooped. In bed by 10-10:30 and out quickly. If I sit down in a comfy chair I will fall asleep.

On the weekends, I do sleep in a little but if I sleep too late I find myself out of sync. Strange but I typically have lot done by 10 am at work and so if I haven't done anything productive by 10 on weekends I feel lost. Yeah, I know, it's silly but that's how I am.

Vacations are strange too. I usually don't get relaxed until the 3rd or 4th day of my vacation. :confused:

I've been taking melatonin for 15 years now. My wife & I take if each night before we go to bed. It never made me sleepy, but it makes me sleep better during the night. I take two, 3 mg. tablets and haven't experienced any hangover feeling. The thing that keeps me from getting sleepy is doing something mentally stimulating before going to bed.

Well, I tried the melatonin last night. I cut a 3 mg pill in half.

It made me feel tired about half an hour after taking it. I didn't fall asleep for another hour after than, but that's still much earlier than I fall asleep. I was more awake this morning though I still didn't feel "right" until I had my standard iced tea.

Sounds like you are s.a.d.. Classic seasonal affect disorder. Make coffee your friend in the morning, Vitimin D too, and Ambien at night. Better living through chemistry.

Coffee is great. Absolutely love it. Not that Starbucks swill either, but good home brew. I actually look forward to morning because of it. Ice tea usually has loads of sugar and fake sweeteners are poison.

Vitimin D is what you get from the sun. Some people think that the lack of it causes s.a.d.. I figure it can't hurt to take it.

Lots of people fear Ambien but it''s pretty mild. It doesn't knock you unconcious like some think. If you need to wake up (bathroom, house on fire, etc) no problem. It's a life saver for getting me back on track if my sleep cycle gets out of wack. I've never had to take it more than 3 days in a row.

Nope, I get my caffeine from unsweetened iced tea. No sweeteners whatsoever.

I've learned through the years that coffee is too strong for me. I can have it maybe once a week, tops, but anymore than that and I can't fall asleep until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning.

I don't do mornings.