I don’t know about you guys but waking up early is super hard specially if you are not a morning person AT ALL. If you’ve ever woken up grumpy or crying while slowly trying to make your way to the bathroom. This one’s for you 🙂

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Hello everyone!

FeatherCharm here once more!

So as you all know I’m a girl gamer…but what many don’t really know is the fact that I’m also an Early Bird. Yes I wake up at ungodly hours of the morning and go through the day like a half zombie. It’s probably why those of you who actually know me suffer me suddenly withdrawing (a lot). I’m trying to recharge my batteries, whilst still listening to your end of the conversation. Now unlike my last post (where I pretty much complained the entire time) this time I’m going to write BOTH the positives and negatives of being an Early Bird.

So without further ado, I give you the positives of being an Early Bird:

The Early Bird gets the worm!

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It’s exactly what it means! Yes when you wake up early you get the perks of seeing the sunrise, having breakfast without the noise of other people (no? Only me?) and getting to use the facilities first, without having to wait in line. This is why we wake up early. Basically you get there first, you get the best first, believe me it’s the best feeling in the world. No smelly body odour, no pressing bodies and no loud and noisy crowds, especially if you’re an introvert. It’s a relief!

You get to see the most beautiful things in the morning

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I don’t think many of you get the chance to see this, but the early sunrise is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever scene, even if it’s a cloudy day. I love the way the last vestiges of the night turn to dawn. As I said, even if it’s cloudy, the way the royal blue of the night turns to the grey of the day, it makes me feel like I’m in a crystal ball! Not only that, when you hear the first birds singing, it’s awesome! It’s like the world is saying, “hello, and yes you’re alive!”

There are more hours in the day for you to do things you want

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Ok so this is for all you busybodies out there. If you’re like me, you constantly need to do something, other than lying on the couch watching TV. The amount of hours in the day I have to do all the things I want is ridiculous. In a normal day, I am able to write at least one chapter of my book, I play at least five games of League of Legends, I write an entire blog post (if I’m inspired), get at least 10 documents of my university assignments done (for those that require 10 documents) and that’s excluding meals! Honestly, it’s amazing how much I get done…of course that’s not to say, there are days were I do just laze about, and most of the time these days are just filled with games…whoops!

Ok so there’s your three positives about being an Early Bird, but there are some negatives, and these are what we Early Birds have to suffer!

No one is awake when you are

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You don’t know how many times people ask me “Why are you awake so early!” or “I don’t get to sleep like 5am!”…blah, blah, blah…yes this is what we have to suffer. Well newsflash! We wake up at these hours because the sun greets us every morning at 7am for no apparent reason. It’s just the way our body clocks are wired; don’t blame us. So the next time you meet an early bird just nod along and probably say something along the lines of, “wow, it must be pretty to see the sunrise!”

You miss out on things that happen at night

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Ok so this goes for introverts and gamers like me. Basically, if you play a team player game, like League of Legends, DOTA 2, Smite, etc. you’ll have to suffer trying to log on to the game at the same time as all your friends…HaHaHa…that is never going to happen if you’re an early bird! From experience, I know for a fact that if I want to play League of Legends or any team player game it’s going to have to take place at night, since everyone I know who plays it, plays at night! You don’t know how annoying it is to find out your friends has reached silver in a single night, when you’ve been trying to up your game throughout the entire day! It’s not fair!

Your motto is “you sleep early, you wake up early”

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Ok so sometimes this just isn’t true. I know this for a fact because my body clock, for some ungodly reason, is wired to wake up at 8/9am regardless of the time I go to bed. Yes, even if I sleep at 3am, I some how wake up at 8am! I guess it’s because of habit, but regardless, it’s not sane for anyone to only get 5 hours of sleep. 8 hours is the Minimum AND Maximum for any decent person. That’s why I sleep early. Thus missing whatever exciting event happens to any of my friends. Thus the reason why people ask me, “WHY DO YOU SLEEP SO EARLY!”

There you have it, the struggles of nearly all Early Birds. So as an Early Bird, here’s my advice: 

1. If you’re not an Early Bird, and you know someone who is, instead of saying stuff like “Why do you sleep/wake up so early?” Say something along the lines of, “Wow! It must be nice to be able to see the sunrise!” (And not in a sarcastic tone…it can be an insult…oh and only when you know they wake up around the time the sun comes up)
2. If you are an Early Bird, don’t waste the day, do something productive. Yes we can be lazy lots, and yes you don’t have to do so many things in one day…but if it’s a nice day, do the gardening, take a walk; do something outside! Or if it is a gloomy day (which is common here in the UK), read a book…write a book, start a blog, or if you’re like me…play a game and get better at it. You never know what you can do.

So that’s it from me, and as always, do with this post what you will.

This is FeatherCharm, signing out!

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– Fobz&Mini ♥♥