COSMOPOLITAN · 39s soonasthesunrises,I hide
undermyduvet.If Imust
emerge,I putthekettle
inthefridgeandwear
jumpersinsideout.At
night,I couldruna marathonand
writea novel...it wouldn’tbegood,
butit wouldgetdone.Likeonein
fourofus,I’ma nightperson.An
owl,withfewerfeathers.
WhenI workedfromhome,this
wasn’ta problem.Onweekdays,I’d
writeintheevenings,undistracted
byemails.Onweekends,I’dbethe
lastpersonat a party.Butearlierthis
year,I gotanofficejob– 9.30am
to6pm– andit wasmiserable.
SowhenI readabouta regimeyou
retrain
your
Experts claim
they can turn
night people into
morning people
in just 21 days.
But could the
plan work for
our night owl?LAURA SILVERMAN
put it to the testIN THREE WEEKS?
that could turn me into a morning
person,* I wanted in.
The plan, devised by experts at
the universities of Birmingham and
Surrey, and Monash University in
Australia, aimed to bring people’s
body clocks forward by two hours.
After three weeks, night people,
they said, would be able to focus
better in the mornings, feel more
awake during the day and less
stressed. Because as much as
I like the nights, they don’t like
me – studies show that night people
have a higher risk of heart disease,
diabetes and mental health issues.
Could I really change the habit of
a lifetime? It was time to find out. iA