Visitors during the day

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I was planning to talk about this, and then the window cleaner came again this morning. The other week, the window cleaner came to clean all the windows, and I was still in bed, so I had to get up because I felt like it looked bad for people to be working while I was just in bed. When the window cleaner came, I just opened the blinds to show I was up because if they were closed, it probably looked like I was still in bed. The same thing happened earlier this morning just as I was planning to talk about this.

I feel that staying in bed until late isn’t normal, but I have been getting up late for a long time. To be fair, it could have been a spare room, but it can still give the impression that I’m in bed. I’ve been sometimes getting up around 11 AM for a long time, and I know this isn’t a good habit. I’m trying to change it, and I do sometimes have appointments that require me to get up earlier. I also have my placement, but it’s only one day a week. We used to have builders around, and sometimes I would still be in bed, and I used to feel really embarrassed about it. It’s just hard when you’re out of work because you don’t have much to get up for. I also feel like it looks bad to visitors when I’m still in bed so late in the day. I know I shouldn’t worry about what people think, and I’m not a judgmental person or trying to be, but I do worry about what people think of me. Unfortunately, I feel like a lot of people are judgmental.

independent_

Coming from a fellow late riser/night owl who has tried for years to change this habit, I hear you. It feels lazy doesn’t it. I could sleep till 12 if I let myself but I don’t because that’s just wasting the day (at least to me). But I don’t think people are judging as much as you might think they are. Especially people who are there to do a job, most of them are just focused on the task at hand (we also had the window cleaner here this morning at around 10).

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independent_ wrote: »

Coming from a fellow late riser/night owl who has tried for years to change this habit, I hear you. It feels lazy doesn’t it. I could sleep till 12 if I let myself but I don’t because that’s just wasting the day (at least to me). But I don’t think people are judging as much as you might think they are. Especially people who are there to do a job, most of them are just focused on the task at hand (we also had the window cleaner here this morning at around 10).

Thanks a lot for you reply and good points made here.

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Hey @independent_ also if you don't mind me asking, do you mind sharing what you do when you get up? Fine if you don't mind sharing, I used to struggle talking about this because I wasn't doing a lot constructive but was just wondering because still now I get up and just a little get bored sometimes. I often get up, go to placements or work related stuff too though. Was just wondering what you do.