I work full time and can just barely drag my sorry butt out of bed in the morning. This morning I was up at seven as usual, looked out of the window to see a neighbour already dressed and putting out his rubbish. Its not collected till lunch time!!!
2007-02-28 22:31:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
To start with senior people get far less sleep than younger ones. Sleeplessness is a symptom that grows with age. Add to that ingrained habits: years of self-discipline during which people get accustomed to getting up early to go to work, so they do not kick the habit when they retire. Finally you have to remember that people of that generation were not brought up to mollycoddle themselves, and idling in bed, even if they had the opportunity, was considered lazy and wasteful.
I think many senior citizens stick to a strict routine to structure their day and putting the dustbin out first thing in the morning, or walking to the newsagent to get a daily paper, becomes a discipline, like going shopping on Friday mornings to avoid the family crowds, or doing certain things at certain times so as not to forget doing them altogether.
2007-02-28 22:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am 54, not quite into the senior citizenship yet, but I am up at about 5 every morning.Sometimes I wish I could stay in bed till 11 but just cant seem to manage it but there are advantages, I get a couple of uninterrupted hours to answer question on Yahoo and have the dawn corruse to listen too.
2007-03-04 17:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I may know how you feel! Like you, I work full time and so does my husband and getting out of bed in the mornings is a real struggle. Don't you just hate that alarm clock?!
Unless you are lucky enough to be able to work at something you absolutely love and it gives you the energy to spring out of bed in the morning eager to get your day underway - then I think how you are and how we are is how it is for most people. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy enough in my work - but not in the way I've just described.
Retired folk, bless 'em, have the luxury of choice. Plus they possibly feel they want to cram as much as possible in to each day because they don't know what's round the corner. Well, I know none of us does but you know what I mean.
I am still constantly amazed at my Dad, though - 81 going on 50 - bags of energy (despite having had a stroke a few years ago), he cycles, he gardens, he seems to always be doing something - and he gets up at six every morning!!!
2007-02-28 22:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I know, it's a big mystery. I leave for work every day at 7.30am and I always see the same old man going to the newsagents to get his papers, whether it rain, shine or even snow. I also come across the same old lady sweeping her broom outside her house at 7.36 each morning.Weird!
2007-02-28 22:39:32 · answer #4 · answered by Pearl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most older people need less sleep than younger adults. My 73-year-old father needs only about five hours per night. You'll probably be the same way when you make it to that age!
2007-02-28 22:56:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think all previous answers maybe part of the explanation but I do know that as you get older your body doesn't require as much sleep to repair and regenerate your body. Maybe that's why we get old?? Maybe,one day, if scientists can get the human body to still require all that sleep they may find the key to extending our lifespan!!!!!!!! woohoo! I smoke lots of weed so I need a crane to get me out of bed for work and no encouragement to return either!lol Maybe I might live to 200 if I keep up my weed smoking! And they say "SMOKING KILLS" huh!!
2007-02-28 22:51:07 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i can t answer for all old people but i know my grandma does as she worked in the prison service for 30 years and spent 30 years getting up at 4 in the morning so i guess it is built in to her she makes me chuckle lol she goes down to get her paper in her pj's lol she just puts her trackies over them
2007-02-28 22:48:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After accustoming yourself to waking early.some of them for as long as 30years,sleeping can no longer be left in their feeble bodies.Old habits die hard and you can not teach an old dog new tricks.
2007-02-28 22:45:48 · answer #8 · answered by mukwathagicu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as you get older your sleeping habits change !!! whats old ?? im 45 and always up by 6 dressed by 7 whatever im doing (in bed by 9 though ,tee hee)
2007-02-28 22:40:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If i live that long I plan to spend my nights drinking whisky & my mornings lying in bed reading books, to hell with getting up at 6am to get the newspaper or things like that.
2007-02-28 23:16:59 · answer #10 · answered by thunor 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋