No, lie-ins are not 'lazy'. Why it's time we stopped shaming people for their sleeping patterns.
Chances are if you’ve tried to interrupt my sleep for any or all of these things, you’d know I’d tell you not to bother with your good times and treats. Multiple times, I’ve seriously considered missing morning flights in favour of the sweet heaven that is my bed.
But the sad truth of it is the world is quite simply built for morning people. This social norm began thousands of years ago, according to“Society has always been geared up for morning people since before electricity and artificial lighting, it was important to do work in daylight hours,” she says. “People who go to bed later and wake up later are often sleep-shamed for being lazy.”
More than one boyfriend has commented on my ability to lie around on a Saturday morning. But for me, it’s restorative. It’s part of my respite from the rest of the week. And yet, Dr Browning is right, this behaviour is viewed as lazy. Indulgent. Unproductive. It turns out – in spite of the fact that being a morning person and eschewing lie-ins is part of the modern 'productivity porn' culture that we live in – there's an expert explanation as to why so many of usWhen it comes to sleeping patterns, the world is split into “chronotypes”: morning larks and night owls . Thirdly, to stress the situation's complexity, the majority of the population identify as the third option – somewhere between the two extremes.
“When owls try to fit into a lark world, they don’t get enough sleep,” Dr Browning says, referencing night owls’ tendency to lean on stimulants like caffeine to fit in with the expectations put on them. “The act of trying to work, eat and sleep at times that do not suit their natural chronotype can
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