Monday, November 01, 2004

Early is the new late. I always get a chuckle when I feel I am surfing the zeitgeist (I tried and failed to find a definition or etymology of this popular phrase, which I translate as "being at the leading edge of a trend". See zeitgeist. And see the Google Zeitgeist page. ) The Boston Globe just declared that "Early: The new late." (Note, I am trying out furl, a bookmark service that keeps a copy of a page in case it expires, as so many news pages do.) Since my third child was born, I've been going to bed at the same time as my kids (7-8pm) and getting up at 3am. I'm still getting 7+ hours of sleep, just radically time shifted from my old days of midnight to 7am. Though it was hard at first, I really love the quiet in the morning, and I feel more productive as well. Glad to see I'm part of a trend. In fact I'm ahead of the trend, since most of the early risers mentioned in the article are snoozing until 4:30 or 5:30. That's sleeping in for me. 6:22:06 AM