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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Oct 21, 2016 10:56:03 GMT
I used to. I think I did, at least, when I was a kid and teen.
Now I find it is a real effort to turn the day around and put a positive spin on it from the moment I wake up. I think it's because I have so many responsibilities, and not enough things to look forward to.
So, do you wake up happy? Or not?
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Post by luvnlifelady on Oct 21, 2016 10:59:38 GMT
No. Going through a divorce and have to be at work early (5 a.m.). It's a dead-end job that I'm not really excited to go to other than it's a paycheck.
However, if I were honest, I didn't wake up happy even before the divorce news happened. Over the last year I haven't really done anything newsworthy, no vacation, not much out of the ordinary. I was in a rut and continue to be. Not sure how to break out of it now with all this other mess going on.
I am looking forward to some holiday activities with the kids (16 and 19), schedules willing that is.
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Post by raindancer on Oct 21, 2016 11:00:45 GMT
I wake up indifferent because I dislike mornings. I usually am good after coffee. Though I admit here at least, that right now the day ahead of me is depressing and sad. We are living with a friend (who is amazing and gracious) but it's forty minutes from home, the house build is taking forever, and I can't find a job. I feel useless. And with the carpool schedule I cannot even find a decent volunteer position right now because it breaks up my day in such a strange way. So I guess. It helpful but commiserate at least? ((Hugs))
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Post by craftykitten on Oct 21, 2016 11:03:51 GMT
No. I'm not a morning person and I certainly don't leap out of bed all happy and cheerful.
I can generally work into a positive frame of mind and if I make an effort to do this, I do notice an improvement. But it is an effort and doesn't come naturally.
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Post by moodyblue on Oct 21, 2016 11:07:22 GMT
I would not say that I'm happy in the mornings - because I hate getting up. And sometimes, like today when I've had a very busy week, I'm just really tired and would like nothing better than to stay in bed and sleep some more. It's hard to feel "happy" under these circumstances.
I'll be tired but fine later, once I've had time to get going.
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 21, 2016 11:16:01 GMT
Yes, I am one of those annoying 'happy happy joy joy' morning kind of people. According to my mother, I was like that even as a baby-she says that she would go to get me out of my crib and I would be laughing and giggling at the world. I pop out of bed ready to go. A shower and a cup of coffee takes me to the point that I pretty much have to sequester myself from the rest of the non-morning people of the world lest I incite a riot.
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Post by J u l e e on Oct 21, 2016 11:29:05 GMT
I do. I love mornings and I enjoy my days. Maybe happy isn't the word, because I'm not immediately laughing, etc. But positive and peaceful maybe. Even if I have a challenging day ahead, I just like getting up and being with my people and doing my stuff.
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 21, 2016 11:33:50 GMT
I love mornings, especially early mornings. Starting work any later than 7am means I'm wasting my day. I hate working after 4, there's no point, the evening is gone, so I get going early and love it. I try not to be too awake and perky around morning haters... though it's so hard sometimes to understand why they hate mornings.
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Post by Sarah*H on Oct 21, 2016 11:38:07 GMT
Most of the time. I'm usually still groggy when I wake ds up but by the time I have to get dd up, I'm the annoying person singing happy songs about how it's time to wake up.
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Post by pastlifepea on Oct 21, 2016 11:38:12 GMT
I absolutely wake up happy and optimistic for the day. I do prefer to have some coffee before interacting with others though. Unfortunately, sometimes as the day wears on the random shenanigans of a teenager and things that go wrong will start to suck the will to live right out of me. But I wake up the next day ready and waiting for awesomeness!
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Post by julieb on Oct 21, 2016 11:40:57 GMT
If it is 7 a.m. or after, yes. Today it was 4 a.m. and I'm crabby.
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Post by used2scrap on Oct 21, 2016 11:50:03 GMT
No
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Post by secondlife on Oct 21, 2016 11:51:21 GMT
I like to wake up slowly and ease into the day. I'm rarely ready to jump right in and usually need a little time to rumble around first. I'm not unhappy in the morning, I'm just not a morning person.
My daughter is a morning person. She rolls out of bed ready to go. She will often trot into my room at o'dark thirty asking for me to help with this or that project or thing she is trying to do and I'm not always ready. It doesn't upset me, I just need to get my motor running a little.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Oct 21, 2016 12:08:26 GMT
No.
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Post by marimoose on Oct 21, 2016 12:35:01 GMT
Like anxiousmom said, i am also a pop out of bed, ready to go type. Once my eyes are open I want to be up and see what the day holds, ready to get it started. Once the coffee is injected, music is on, I am bouncing around content. I have always been an early riser, so happy in the morning type, even as a child. A new day, a new beginning. pastlifepea summed it up perfectly and I would like to cut and paste her post. That sums up the start of my day. I am a morning person who has much trouble understanding non-morning people as they have understanding us morning people. I married a man who likes to lie in bed awake for far too long(for my taste), when time permits. He shuffles out to the table and then sits in a daze. Happy is not a word I woudl use to dscribe him in the morning - maybe upright, but not happy happy.
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Post by myboysnme on Oct 21, 2016 12:36:59 GMT
Interesting question as usual. I do not wake up happy or unhappy. I'm rather emotionless about it, even as the day gets going. I could go either way at any time.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Oct 21, 2016 12:37:17 GMT
I pop out of bed ready to go. I like rising early. I don't mind having to get up and get somewhere bright and early, but I do truly enjoy my usual morning routine of coffee and puttering around the house. I really believe that every day has possibilities and I can't wait to see them unfold.
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Post by scrappert on Oct 21, 2016 12:40:07 GMT
Yes. I love getting up and starting a new day. There was a season in my life that I did not wake up happy, did not want to get on with the day. But I made changes and am back to loving the new day.
Hoping you can find what is triggering this for you and you can make some changes, too.
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 21, 2016 12:40:11 GMT
Like anxiousmom said, i am also a pop out of bed, ready to go type. Once my eyes are open I want to be up and see what the day holds, ready to get it started. Once the coffee is injected, music is on, I am bouncing around content. I have always been an early riser, so happy in the morning type, even as a child. A new day, a new beginning. pastlifepea summed it up perfectly and I would like to cut and paste her post. That sums up the start of my day. I am a morning person who has much trouble understanding non-morning people as they have understanding us morning people. I married a man who likes to lie in bed awake for far too long(for my taste), when time permits. He shuffles out to the table and then sits in a daze. Happy is not a word I woudl use to dscribe him in the morning - maybe upright, but not happy happy. Over the years, as I have tried to impart my parental wisdom to my beloved children, one of my top nuggets of advice is that they should try to find someone who is morning compatible. And if you fall in love with a morning person of the opposite personality, figure out a way early to compromise or you will have a rough go of it. (and while I am joking when I say it, I am really not completely joking-some times the two don't mix well at all and the whole day is thrown out of wack because the chipper morning person and the non-morning person have butted heads and annoyed the ever loving hell out of each other. )
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Post by Anita on Oct 21, 2016 12:42:12 GMT
No. I am a night person, and I hate mornings. I just don't understand morning people. I've been married to one for 25 years, and I still don't get it.
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Post by jenb72 on Oct 21, 2016 12:44:52 GMT
I suppose that depends on the day. Waking via the alarm at 5:30 on a work day isn't happy-making, but I don't let it set the tone for my day.
For the most part, I tend to be a happy person. I'm in a happy place in my life. I like my job, even though it has challenging days and isn't really all that high-paying. I have good kids, even though they present their own challenges. I love my husband and I know, after a bitter, stressful divorce and living on my own for the first time in my life, that this is where I belong.
I've learned that if there's something in my life that I'm not happy with, I'm the only one that has the power to change that. I'm responsible for my own happiness - no one else. It's both terrifying and freeing to realize that.
Jen
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Post by pastlifepea on Oct 21, 2016 12:52:00 GMT
I have to confess that I walk out of my bedroom to this every morning and I think this contributes to my happiness.
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Post by gar on Oct 21, 2016 12:59:46 GMT
I guess I wake up content. Almost before I'm fully conscious I have a summary of the day ahead flash through my mind so I guess that influences my mood.
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Post by scrappyesq on Oct 21, 2016 13:01:52 GMT
I would not say that I'm happy in the mornings - because I hate getting up. And sometimes, like today when I've had a very busy week, I'm just really tired and would like nothing better than to stay in bed and sleep some more. It's hard to feel "happy" under these circumstances. I'll be tired but fine later, once I've had time to get going.
That's me in a nutshell. Its funny I have no problem waking up early but it takes until after I've showered and put on makeup (my am Zen moment) for me to feel less bitter about the fact that I had to wake up in the first place.
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Post by Patter on Oct 21, 2016 13:24:29 GMT
I do. I LOVE mornings. Wake up at 5:30 a.m every single day of the week. But I can get grumpy in the evenings because I am tired. I have been a morning person ALL my life and love it.
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Post by hanushka on Oct 21, 2016 13:54:42 GMT
I've always wanted to be a pop-out-of-bed chipper morning person! But no, that is not me. Even if I *do* wake up early, I walk around in a daze for a while. I'm not unhappy, but it takes me a while to fully wake up and get going. pastlifepea, what a lovely view to wake up to!
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Post by annabella on Oct 21, 2016 13:55:53 GMT
I wake up tired wishing I could sleep more. But I do wake up happy on my birthday, days I'm getting on an airplane or other fun adventure.
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Post by purplebee on Oct 21, 2016 14:12:10 GMT
I am a morning person and wake up early, both for work and on my days off. Normally I do wake up happy, and have always had a fairly positive outlook on life. But this year, in particular the last six months, has been rough and worry/anxiety are affecting the way I feel. I am working on it, I hate feeling this way. This too shall pass (I hope...)
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Post by disneypal on Oct 21, 2016 14:18:32 GMT
I wouldn't say I wake up "happy" but I don't think I every have. I'm not sad, I don't have a feeling of dread. I just know I have to get my morning tasks and routines accomplished so I can go to work.
While I wouldn't say that I wake up "happy" - I guess I would say that I am generally in a good mood when I wake up.
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Post by loco coco on Oct 21, 2016 14:28:00 GMT
Now that I have my daughter I wake up happy and excited to see her. Shes almost 3 months
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