People Who Struggle To Get Out Of Bed Are Smarter Than Everyone Else

Mar 21, 2018

Do you feel you are in a committed relationship with your bed and there is no greater joy in your life than to come back to your bed after a long day?

Someone who would not mind few extra minutes of sleep, even if they are getting late for work or meeting with a friend because that can wait. The kind of person who could sleep through an earthquake, or any other disaster for that sake?

If so, then you're already smarter than those early risers, who eat their breakfast on time. Also, in case you didn't realize, you are happier as well, because you are in charge of your life.

You are not a prisoner of the rat race that makes people bitter, unhealthy and negatively competitive.

Interestingly, a study conducted by a team at the University of Southampton in 1998 found that people who sleep between 11 pm and 8 am were happier with their lifestyle.

They concluded:

“356 people (29%) were defined as larks (to bed before 11 pm and up before 8 am) and 318 (26%) were defined as owls (to bed at or after 11 pm and up at or after 8 am). There was no indication that larks were richer than those with other sleeping patterns. On the contrary, owls had the largest mean income and were more likely to have access to a car. There was also no evidence that larks were superior to those with other sleeping patterns with regard to their cognitive performance or their state of health. Both larks and owls had a slightly reduced risk of death compared with the rest of the study sample, but this was accounted for by the fact that they spent less time in bed at night.”

They further added:

“In the study sample as a whole, longer periods of time in bed were associated with increased mortality. After adjustment for age, sex, the presence of illness, and other risk factors, people who spent 12 or more hours in bed had a relative risk of death of 1.7 (1.2 to 2.5) compared with those who were in bed for 9 hours. The lowest risk occurred in people who spent 8 hours in bed (adjusted relative risk 0.8; 0.7 to 1.0).”

The freedom of deciding on how you want to spend your 24 hours encourages you to complete your work on time, enable you to pursue your hobbies and hence manage your time in a better way. People like you also tend to generate a more sustainable source of income.

A recent study ‘Why Night Owls Are More Intelligent‘ has claimed that people who are in control of their sleeping patterns, irrespective of the time they sleep in, wake up feeling more creative and productive.

Researchers Satoshi Kanazawa and Kaja Perina said that being able to ignore the snooze button and not succumb to the pressure of early rising, implies a greater sense of self-awareness.

Your body has a clock, and it will tell you exactly when you are ready to wake up and slay.

To sum up, just find work that lets you have enough sleep so that you can be productive and contribute to the society without being forced to. And you will be both, happier and wealthier. Share this exciting new information with your friends, family and fellow bed-lovers!