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Post by papersilly on Oct 21, 2016 14:43:54 GMT
I think so. Grateful too. I think waking up happy sets the tone for the day.
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 21, 2016 15:05:07 GMT
I wake up happy if I wake up without an alarm. If I need the alarm to get me up, I have a much harder time warming up to the day and pulling myself out of bed. I definitely need my quiet morning routine and don't like having to rush anywhere too quickly, but I'm happy.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2016 15:11:41 GMT
I would say yes. Sure there are times when I dont or haven't. When my son was very very ill and on tpn and kind of dying. I hated life. I was so tired and angry all the time. But almost daily I wake up happy and ready for the day. I wake up and hug or kiss my hubby. Am greeted by two happy shih tzus. My kids (well mostly my son, my daughter has teen tude lately lol) who give me hugs. Yesterday morning I didnt because I bad a bad migraine. It sucked. But I turned the day around.
Having been through what I had with my son...I realized every day is a gift and with him every day is a plus one. And I need to make the best of every day because you just never know when the end will be. And I have learned that my mood affects my kids. S I try to change my day if Im in a funk by walking or playing with the dogs. Scrapbooking. Talki.g to a friend.
But yes, I mainly wake up happy
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 21, 2016 15:18:59 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. LOL. My MIL gave me a shirt once that said, " 'Not a morning person' doesn't even begin to describe it." In my defense, I was working at a totally soul sucking, dead end corporate job and had a boss who appreciated nothing, so there was that.  These days I'm mostly only cranky in the morning when I've had a restless night and not enough sleep. Like last night. I even went to bed early because I had been dragging all day. DD is off school so she was home and that throws the regular weekday schedule off kilter. Woke up to hear the kid hacking up a lung at 4:00 am, DH sleeps like the dead and never hears a thing, so I went to tend to her. An hour later I was finally back in my own bed, but didn't fall back to sleep for easily another hour only to wake up again when his alarm went off at 6:30. I was hoping (praying, really!) that she would stay asleep longer, but of course not because there's no school!  And of course, she *never* gets up like that on school days when she NEEDS to get up, but on no school days when I could maybe sleep in? Nope. Not a chance. That kid is up like a lark, happily chirping in my ear before the sun is even up.  |
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Post by Sorrel on Oct 21, 2016 17:21:45 GMT
I do. I don't always love my job, so Mondays are a little bit of a drag, but I am naturally a positive person. I also love waking up and snuggling with my DH, who is an absolute gem and makes me coffee every morning.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Oct 21, 2016 17:51:58 GMT
I don't wake up happy. I take a medicine that makes waking up very difficult. I drag myself out of bed in the mornings. Even on days when I get to sleep in I'm still very groggy. But after a couple of cups of coffee I usually am really alert and I have learned to see the silver lining almost anywhere. So I think I'm a pretty positive person.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Oct 21, 2016 18:03:59 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. Me too! Dh is up at 5a on the weekends while I stay up all night. We just don't get each other!  I also get very little sleep, maybe a few hours a night. So no, I don't wake up happy. I wake up cranky and tired. My coworkers all know that they shouldn't talk to me or schedule meetings before 10am. |
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Post by Dalai Mama on Oct 21, 2016 18:08:19 GMT
I wake up content. Happy takes to much energy first thing in the morning.
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Post by KB on Oct 21, 2016 18:17:17 GMT
I love to wake up. I'm super happy to see what is going to happen next. My mom and dad always joke about how happy I am upon awakening. I go to bed pretty early though |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Oct 21, 2016 18:20:23 GMT
I *usually* wake up mad at myself for waking up early, but I deal and get up, get some water and realize I have had enough sleep OR suck it up. I think I am pretty cheerful in the morning, though.
I would love to have someone furry to lick my face first thing in the morning, though! That would really make me happy. Not yet but again some day.
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Post by justkat on Oct 21, 2016 19:22:09 GMT
Usually, yes.
If for no other reason, I've woken up. As a patient with terminal cancer it doesn't get better than that.lol I also have family and friends that love me. I know that no matter how bad things may be in my life that someone else somewhere else has it worse.
However I'm not a rainbow-farting Pollyanna robot. :-) There are days I wake up sad, in pain, depressed and not wanting to face the day. It's normal. I just try to keep things in perspective. And some days I just give in, say screw it and throw the most awesome pity party you'll ever see. :-)
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Post by kibblesandbits on Oct 21, 2016 19:30:58 GMT
Yup, I'm almost always a happy morning person.
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Post by scorpeao on Oct 21, 2016 19:34:43 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.  Well, this post pretty much tells me that we can't be BFF's like I originally thought. I want to shoot your kind in the morning. I'm a don't even breathe near me morning person. |
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Post by mimi3566 on Oct 21, 2016 19:48:18 GMT
Most days as in 99.9% of the time, I do....with that being said, I'm a pretty happy person all the time. I do not like negative, Debbie downer type people. My philosophy is if you aren't happy, then do something about it and quitcha bitchin'...
And I have to say, that early mornings, with a fresh hot cup of coffee, no TV is my absolute favorite time of the day.
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Post by maurchclt on Oct 21, 2016 19:51:25 GMT
Nope, not a morning person, never will be a morning person, hate mornings. I think that answers the question.
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Post by peano on Oct 21, 2016 20:52:29 GMT
While I don't hate mornings, I am a night person with a fuzzy morning head and I'm slow to wake up. As long as I have coffee and peace and quiet while I do my morning chores, I'm happy enough.  |
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Post by anniefb on Oct 21, 2016 21:19:11 GMT
Yes, unless I have a lot of stressful stuff going on at work - like at the moment - ugh!
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Post by tincin on Oct 21, 2016 21:21:54 GMT
Some days I'm happy to just wake up. Other days I wake up happy.
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Post by shescrafty on Oct 21, 2016 23:59:48 GMT
I used to be a very happy person. I sincerely was happy down to my core.
Since my daughter got sick and then passed away I literally think in my head, "I hate my life," multiple times a day.
I love my son and love that he is growing into a great young man (high school has been a good transition for him) but am just so unbearably sad about the joy that is missing in our lives.
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Post by Merge on Oct 22, 2016 0:21:55 GMT
These days I do. I mean, on work days I usually wake up thinking I could use a little more sleep, but life is good in the Merge household these days and I enjoy my job. I'm a morning person, and once I've gotten going and had a little coffee I tend to get right to it. DH is continually amazed at how much I accomplish before I ever leave for work.  I even get up early on the weekends. I love having the extra time and it makes the weekend feel longer. If I stay in bed past 6 or so I feel like I've been cheated out of weekend time. |
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Post by cyndijane on Oct 22, 2016 1:22:03 GMT
I love to wake up. I'm super happy to see what is going to happen next. My mom and dad always joke about how happy I am upon awakening. I go to bed pretty early though Randomly curious, but how early is early? As I once explained to my husband, I'm a morning person, but not a pop tart. Unless there's a crisis, I don't typically wake up alert. I need my wake up shower first. So, while I'm most productive early on the morning, unless I'm getting up between 4-5 am (which I've discovered is my optimal wake up chipper time) I'm probably groggy. But my biggest problem with waking up easily is that I can stay up late with the best of them. I get a second wind about 10pm. I'm by far the most creative, and am best able to do any kid of planning between 10pm-2am. You can see where these two realities might clash? (Yep, I am a Gemini!) I'm frequently burning the oil at both ends. And having a 9 month old who still isn't sleeping through the night pretty much means I'm perpetually sleep deprived. I often wonder how much sleep it would take for me to be no longer tired. Occasionally I've had the luxury of all three boys stay at my mom's overnight, and someone will ask if I feel refreshed. I think they either must be joking, or they don't get how hard it is on the body to go a year or more without good sleep. Anyway, I'm mostly a happy person overall. I like mornings, especially when I can get up hours before my children! Those are precious times. |
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Post by femalebusiness on Oct 22, 2016 1:23:14 GMT
I wake up happy every single day. But then I can't remember the last time that I was unhappy. I am retired, healthy, have no problems and get to hang out and laugh with my husband all day. I'm lucky and I know it and never take it for granted.
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Post by janskylar on Oct 22, 2016 1:40:24 GMT
Hahaha! No!! Most people who have never spoken to me before 10 AM think I'm super nice, but I just can't even before then.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Oct 22, 2016 2:38:08 GMT
No, I need my alone time before I come in contact with people lol. I always get on here in the mornings (it's like my version on the morning paper) and I make sure I don't even post until I've been awake for awhile in case I come off bitchy without meaning to.
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Post by quiltz on Oct 22, 2016 2:51:10 GMT
I used to be a very happy person. I sincerely was happy down to my core. Since my daughter got sick and then passed away I literally think in my head, "I hate my life," multiple times a day. I love my son and love that he is growing into a great young man (high school has been a good transition for him) but am just so unbearably sad about the joy that is missing in our lives. ( ( ( hugs ) ) ) |
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Post by secondlife on Oct 22, 2016 2:53:50 GMT
I used to be a very happy person. I sincerely was happy down to my core. Since my daughter got sick and then passed away I literally think in my head, "I hate my life," multiple times a day. I love my son and love that he is growing into a great young man (high school has been a good transition for him) but am just so unbearably sad about the joy that is missing in our lives. I hope it isn't too weird that I think of you and your family sometimes even though you don't know me. I have also had grief that made me hate my life. I don't have any words to make it better, just a thought and a prayer. |
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Post by fwscrapper on Oct 22, 2016 2:57:30 GMT
Never! Especially, when my alarm goes off at 4:50an. I have never been a morning person!
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 22, 2016 3:56:10 GMT
I like to stay up until one and wake up between 8:30 and 9:00 THAT makes me happy. I had my blood pressure taken the other afternoon and the guy said it was 107/71. My pulse was 66. He said he was impressed. I laughed and said being semi retired lowered it immediately.
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Post by Patter on Oct 22, 2016 10:54:37 GMT
Usually, yes. If for no other reason, I've woken up. As a patient with terminal cancer it doesn't get better than that.lol I also have family and friends that love me. I know that no matter how bad things may be in my life that someone else somewhere else has it worse. However I'm not a rainbow-farting Pollyanna robot. :-) There are days I wake up sad, in pain, depressed and not wanting to face the day. It's normal. I just try to keep things in perspective. And some days I just give in, say screw it and throw the most awesome pity party you'll ever see. :-) Huge hugs to you. May the Lord grant you many great days. You have an amazing outlook. Hugs, and I will be praying for you! And cyndijane, I LOVE that--a morning person but not a pop tart. I have to remember that one. That is GREAT! Thanks for putting a smile on my face. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Oct 22, 2016 11:49:01 GMT
I have to confess that I walk out of my bedroom to this every morning and I think this contributes to my happiness.  Wow. That's absolutely stunning. You surely live well. |
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And of course, she *never* gets up like that on school days when she NEEDS to get up, but on no school days when I could maybe sleep in? Nope. Not a chance. That kid is up like a lark, happily chirping in my ear before the sun is even up. 
I also get very little sleep, maybe a few hours a night. So no, I don't wake up happy. I wake up cranky and tired. My coworkers all know that they shouldn't talk to me or schedule meetings before 10am. 
