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You’ll actually grow to really appreciate the alone time. Although your different body clocks can add some complications to your relationship, it can also add some really nice balance, too.

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ENTJ: They get up at 4am every day, in order to get in a two-hour workout, have a balanced breakfast and still be the first one in at the office.

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1. Your friends love teasing you for sleeping in as late as possible, as they have already emptied out their inbox, gotten some work done, cleaned their room, and done some light reading before you even woke up.

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It can get lonely being the only one awake when the world is asleep.

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We often assume that we understand exactly what’s going on in these heads and hearts of ours, but realistically the problems that we face can be too big to process without intentional dissection and examination beyond the immediate moment we experience it.

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10. Mild hallucinations are setting in. Did my puppy just mumble something about Cee Lo Green’s tiny hands and smile with a full set of human teeth?

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Yes, they say the early bird gets the worm but only if a productive night owl isn’t there to snatch it first.

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1. Trying to tip toe and stealthily open the refrigerator or pantry, but making tons of noise.

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All of my nights are long, morning people. All of them. No, I didn’t go to a meth-fueled rave out in the desert last night that kept me up until the wee hours (though that may have been preferable), I just had a normal night, likely in or around my own bed.

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I used to have a sociology professor who taught his classes to remind themselves of their infinitesimal place in the Universe, as well as of their fleeting existences (he must have been a hit at academic mixers). His advice for stress was to remind oneself, “One day, I will die, and none of this will matter.”