https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:28:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1734182 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:02:00 +0000 celia 1734182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If left to my own devices I usually wake up around 8:30.<br /> I can wake up earlier with not much of trouble if I am .not required to communicate before I had a nice quiet coffee. But I rather not.<br /> I do get what you are saying about defaulting to comfy clothes. That happens especially in cold early winter mornings when I look accusingly to my jeans and say 'you are not comfy, it's too cold outside and nothing will be comfier than my pajamas.' I guess that is why I have resorted to leggings and sweater dresses for the past years. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733964 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 03:49:34 +0000 rizamei 1733964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never been an early bird until this year, but now I get up at 4:30 several times a week so I can exercise before work. Between that...and my cats getting used to my early start and expecting daily early feedings...I rarely sleep past 6:30 even on weekends.&nbsp;</p> <p>The big trick has been learning to go to sleep earlier. I am still way to used to staying up late to read or browse the internet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733961 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 03:41:15 +0000 Nishaa 1733961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've to get up at 6:30 for kid's school.. Breakfast. Send another kid to preschool. Shower. By the time it's 9:30. Once a week though, I go to take lectures and need to be out by 7:45. Those days are for throwing something that looks presentable, no fashion.<br /> I'm by no means a night owl. I go to sleep by 10. But can do early. I envy all those who can afford afternoon naps, post lunch siestas. I get to do that only on Sundays. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733955 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 02:51:56 +0000 anne 1733955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I need to label some of my drawers a la April. I have sorted my leggings into cropped and non cropped categories but I never remember which one is which.</p> <p>This reminds me of a big deal with early rising - though it might not be to you, Ariz. For me, having a night owl DH who doesn't&nbsp; get up early means I dress in the dark a lot of the year. I do turn on the walk in wardrobe light which goes into the bedroom a bit, but lots of my clothes are in drawers in the main room, and it can be a bit of a guessing game. Occasionly (like this morning) I discover later in the day that I've put on something that should have been in the wash.</p> <p>I have fantasies about having a WIR big enough to put all the clothes in, with a separate bathroom entrance as well. (I visited a house like this - you entered the WIR, then the ensuite was to the left and the main bedroom to the right.)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733325 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:57:03 +0000 April 1733325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually, what I first logged in to say was that when I worked in a school and was used to going to work in the dark mornings, I used to keep all my socks and such in labeled drawers (BLACK SOCKS, BLACK TIGHTS, BROWN TIGHTS, etc.) because there was no guarantee I would get it right on winter mornings.</p> <p>When I was doing my psych internship, I was very short on time and had exact uplicates of wardrobe staples. &nbsp;I had identical booties in black and chocolate brown. &nbsp;Unlabeled. &nbsp;One day, I'm sitting in group, surrounded by teens, and I suddenly realize that I'm wearing -- you know what's coming -- one black and one brown bootie. &nbsp;</p> <p>And that's when I decided it was NOT overly obsessive to label things. &nbsp;Clothespins would help a lot, as would a label-maker, and these little thingies:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Competitive-Store-Hangers-Dividers-Clothes/dp/B00XQ1QJXC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1475088917&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=clothes+rod+dividers">https://www.amazon.com/Competi.....TF8&#038;a</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733309 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:24:12 +0000 Aziraphale 1733309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five, crazyone! I prefer not to exercise in the very early morning either. I used to do it years ago, before kids, but that was out of necessity, because I would be too tired to do it after work. These days, I do it in the late morning, usually. I can't go too early because I'd prefer to avoid any run-ins with bears (not an unreasonable thing to worry about here -- we get a lot of bear reports, especially in the fall!). :-)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733297 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 17:46:18 +0000 crazyone 1733297@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aziraphale, I'm exactly like you--I need 8 or 9 hours of sleep and naturally wake up around 9. &nbsp;I'm lucky that my job is flexible so I end up getting to work around 9:30 or 10 and then I stay until about 6 or 7 pm most days. &nbsp;I don't have kids but I expect this would change if I did. &nbsp;I am not a morning person--I also need to go to FFBO outfits if I get up earlier than my normal wakeup time, and I also feel very tired if I exercise in the morning, whereas exercising in the afternoon/early evening is energizing for me.</p> <p>I can wake up at 7 or 7:30 and not feel too bad, but earlier than that and I will not feel right all day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733277 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:37:41 +0000 Aziraphale 1733277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>La Pedestrienne -- morning is the most productive time for me, too -- but we're talking a start time of around 9 or 10:00. I'm barely coherent when I first get up!</p> <p>Actually, now that I think about it, it's a bit depressing that I've spent most of my life adhering to an early bird schedule (6 to 6:30 wake-up times for school and work, and 7 to 7:30 wake-up times as a SAHM when my kids were small) when I'm clearly not built for it. Luckily both my kids were good sleepers as little ones, so I didn't have to endure the early motherhood 5 am wake-up times that some of my friends did!&nbsp;</p> <p>It was life-changing when my kids were old enough that I no longer had to get up in the morning and supervise them on weekends! Now my 12-year-old sleeps until about 9 on weekends, and my 8-year-old fends for himself until the rest of the family is up.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733271 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:22:37 +0000 LaPed 1733271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another early-bird here. I like to get up at 6:00, but sometimes it ends up being earlier -- 5:00 or 5:30. I did it all through college too, and out of college worked a farm job where my hours were 6am to 2pm -- a perfect schedule if you ask me. </p> <p>Early morning is very productive time for me, when the house is quiet and everyone else is still asleep. I don't get dressed until later though -- like 7:30 or 8:00. The first couple hours, I do the cozy thing -- joggers and a hoodie this time of year. Good for walking and yoga and coffee; then I switch into out-and-about mode once DH and DS get up. It's that whole Mr. Rogers style transition thing -- I love having different clothes for different parts of the day.</p> <p>Chris -- I use a headlamp to walk my dog in the mornings and the evenings when the days are short. I live on a very quiet dirt road -- no lights whatsoever, but not many cars either. The headlamp feels a little oddball at first, but you get used to it. If it's just for safety/visibility, you could try the little clip-on blinker lights that runners and cyclists use. If it's dark enough that you need it to see your way, though, then it's worth getting a high quality one with floodlight and high-beam modes.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733215 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:59:44 +0000 Aziraphale 1733215@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, so many early birds! Now I'm really starting to feel like there's something wrong with me, lol. ;-)</p> <p>Sisi, lyn67 and Deborah, high five. At least I'm not completely alone! :-)</p> <p>I'm kidding. I know it's just how you're wired. I've always been like this, and I'm not exactly an extreme night owl, because I get tired by midnight. (I know others who would happily stay up until three). But left to my own devices, I will easily sleep until 9 or 10 every day. I need 8 to 9 hours of sleep ideally, although many days I get by on 7.</p> <p>I'm also expecting to shift toward the mornings as I get older. At 44, there's no sign of this happening yet, but many older people tell me they wake up naturally before or at dawn these days.&nbsp;</p> <p>Maneera and Style Fan, when we had a dog, we trained her to not be an early bird. ;-)&nbsp;</p> <p>Chris, pulling all-nighters sucks for everyone, I think! I pulled a couple a few years ago, in my first year at Emily Carr, when I hadn't yet learned how long it takes to complete a project, and I felt physically ill all the next day. :-)&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733173 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 12:26:59 +0000 Chris987 1733173@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am up between 5:30 and&nbsp;6 most mornings because that is how my body clock has worked for most of my life,&nbsp;and I don't mind at all.&nbsp;Pulling all-nighters was hell for me in college and I only remember doing it once. My&nbsp;sleep/wake cycle didn't change after I stopped working. &nbsp;I start my day with a walk outdoors although lately I have to wait almost an hour for the sun to come up because there are no lights on the street where I walk. (I tried the miner's headlight and it worked but felt too weird).&nbsp; I do check my iPhone weather app before I head out but if I don't I'm sorry....earlier this week it was unusually cold&nbsp;40/4 degrees and I was NOT warm enough and actually shortened the walk to get back indoors. </p> <p>By the time I need to really get dressed I've been awake for several hours so wardrobe choices are easier. When I was working I usually laid things out the night before, so I agree that making decisions early is not so easy.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness/page/2#post-1733162 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:13:40 +0000 April 1733162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry, I'm with the early risers and with those who do not want any social activity after 7 pm. &nbsp;</p> <p>Not by choice. &nbsp;It just happened with middle age. &nbsp;I'm often lying in bed staring at the clock and waiting for it to be decently late enough to get up (which I have decided is any time after 4:30 am).</p> <p>My poor college-age son is used to calling at 9:00 pm and finding that at least one of us is 3/4 of the way to bed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733151 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:38:49 +0000 Staysfit 1733151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shevia, you and I should hang out sometime. It sounds like we run on the same sort of schedule! I'm definitely not a nite owl! I somehow pick my clothes in the am without difficulty and manage to be weather appropriate despite the dubious reliability of the local weather person. I use layers, carry an umbrella, an extra jacket in my car, and rely on the sure fact that I live in CNY where weather rules. Anything goes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733147 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:18:47 +0000 Deborah 1733147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anything before 7 is uncivilized! &nbsp;Having said that since I took on my new job with an 8.30a.m. start, I really need to be up between 6.30 and 6.45 to ensure I have time to sartorial creativity, otherwise it's straight to my FFBO's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733141 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:03:54 +0000 Sisi 1733141@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree wholeheartedly!&nbsp;Getting up early has&nbsp;always been&nbsp;a great suffering for me. Especially in Winter.&nbsp;Now&nbsp; I can get up at 7.30 or even at 8 depending on how fast&nbsp;I decide to be in getting prepared. That's a decent time. Ideal time for me is 8.30. I have always envied people who get up early without difficulty. </p> <p>For what concerns planning one's outfit the night before, it generally does not&nbsp;work for me. First, the weather is unpredictable. Second, I am unpredictable. If&nbsp;I prepare an outfit the night before then often&nbsp;next morning&nbsp;I change my mind ...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733140 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:54:36 +0000 Style Fan 1733140@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I was working I was up by 5 am.&nbsp; Walked my dogs for at least 30 mins.&nbsp; Maybe longer.&nbsp; Got ready for work.&nbsp; For awhile I commuted 45 mins to work.&nbsp; Not a bad commute.&nbsp; I was often the only car on the road.&nbsp; Depending on the job I started work at 8 or 9 am.<br />There was a time when I went to fitness classes in the morning.&nbsp; That stopped in my early 40s.&nbsp; <br />Now that I am retired I still wake up at 5 am.&nbsp; Dogs do that to you.&nbsp; Sophie can't wait to get outside.&nbsp; She loves it.<br />I never planned my outfit ahead of getting dressed.&nbsp; I had a formula.&nbsp; Pants, top, topper.&nbsp; Footwear.&nbsp; Accessories.&nbsp; Make Up.&nbsp; Everything went with everything.&nbsp; Never realized until I joined YLF. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733132 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:56:35 +0000 lyn67 1733132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree:-) and consider myself very very lucky to always have had &nbsp;a job which admits setting my own schedule (starting sometime between 8,00-8,30)....sigh-sigh-sigh,... for you early birdies out there! I feel for you all:-((. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733116 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:14:23 +0000 anne 1733116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Manny I used to love an afternoon nap too. When I was&nbsp; home with kids it's how I coped with my &nbsp;early morning/ late night life. I was rigorous about having the kids nap at the same time in the afternoon (or have time alone in their rooms, if they didn't nap when older) and often didn't even clear the lunch table before I was off to bed! Doing without a nap now I work is hard and I sometimes enjoy one on a Saturday. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733106 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:25:16 +0000 Maneera 1733106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm like Jamie...I like all social activities to begin by 7pm and be done with before 11pm. I wake up by 6:30am everyday (years of having dogs will do that to you) in summer. While my husband wakes at 5am to walk the dogs. It's so warm here in summer, it's difficult to walk the dogs once the sun is out. I have a workout class 3 days a week in the morning, and the other 4 days I practice yoga in the morning. </p> <p>However, my advantage is that I work from home. So I only go for a shower by 9:30am....so don't have to get dressed too early. Oh, and since I plan my own work schedule, I make time for an afternoon siesta most days It feels like a luxury! And I feel recharged for the evening, when I have to walk my dogs and then later brisk walk for another hour with a friend. The 6pm to 7:30pm I spend outdoors is the high point of my day </p> <p>In winters, I will happily sleep until 8am most mornings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733104 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:10:01 +0000 anne 1733104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can't work out if I am an early bird or not. I certainly was a night owl for years, and into my thirties. But DH is an extreme night owl and I'm more moderate.</p> <p>Years of having to get up early (or earlyish, not&nbsp;as early as some above)&nbsp;for kids, if it was the only time to exercise or to get to work has changed my body clock and I don't sleep in much at weekends which is annoying. I also fade early&nbsp;on at night.&nbsp;But recently by the Monday of a long weekend I finally managed to sleep in to 8:45! (then Tues morning was correspondingly difficult).</p> <p>Being a night owl comes into its own with teenagers. I struggle sometimes to stay awake to put my DD13 to bed, and chat when she wants to.&nbsp; It is a real dillemma for me. Night Owl DH, however, &nbsp;has great long talks with the older&nbsp;girls&nbsp;on Friday nights when&nbsp; they come home late and chatty and I've often collapsed into bed.</p> <p></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733093 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 04:30:23 +0000 Aziraphale 1733093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, there are a lot of early birds out there! I almost feel left out. On balance, though, I'd rather be a night owl. It just sucks being a night owl who is forced into a morning lark schedule.&nbsp;</p> <p>Obviously the solution is to be self-employed, lol.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733064 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 02:28:34 +0000 Jaime 1733064@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am the opposite. I believe any social activity planned after 7pm is hazardous to my health.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733047 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:56:41 +0000 Gaylene 1733047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Teaching 8am university classes meant having to be in my office by 7:30am--or even 6:30am if I had an early morning meeting. My only decision was to pick which shoe or boot to wear that day. Then dressing was like a weird flowchart: grab a pair of pants which went with the footwear, pick a jacket that complemented the pants, and then find a top which could tie everything together. Total formula dressing--my closet was organized in categories, and my buying habits reinforced my method. Every pair of shoes had its complementary pants; every pant had its complementary jackets, and every pant/jacket combo had its array of tops. Boring, but effective. </p> <p>I rarely laid out outfits the night before because I could never settle on my footwear the night before.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733045 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 01:36:04 +0000 Kari 1733045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. I used to have to be up at 4:30, out the door by 5:15. That's why I stopped taking WIW photos, drying my hair, etc. It's just not feasible. </p> <p>These days I'm waking up at 5:45. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733029 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:49:44 +0000 anne 1733029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can relate!! When I was a SAHM (not that you are), I didn't get showered and properly dressed til after those&nbsp;kids who were going,&nbsp;went to school (DH took them since his work was nearby). So like Suz I didn't have to make those decisions til later in the day, which I prefer. </p> <p>I may well have been up early with a toddler, or gone to the gym or out for a run, but I could just wear PJ's, comfy lounge clothes or gear (often with something warm over it)</p> <p>I prefer deciding in the morning as I'm tired at night and not good at decisions. I currently get up at 6:30/45 and pretty much just dress and go (shower at night, have breakfast at work).&nbsp;</p> <p>However if I was to return to riding my bike to work, which I hope to do soon, or start going to a before work exercise class again, I would pack my clothes for the next day the night before and lay out my travelling. exercise gear.</p> <p>Mind you, my daily dressing isn't very exciting anyway. About 5 or 6 FFBO office outfits and a rotation of 3 or 4&nbsp; smart casual oufits for Fridays. It is more a case of what haven't I worn this week and is cleaned,&nbsp;mended&nbsp;and ironed and&nbsp; fits (some are a little snug at&nbsp;some weight fluctuation&nbsp;points)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733024 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:22:27 +0000 Suz 1733024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mr. Suz gets up before dawn most days. And while my natural inclination is to sleep later, years of life with him (and an early rising kid) has turned me into an earlier riser. I have an exercise class at 7 am twice a week and walk there (not a long walk), so I tend to get up around 6:30 or so most days.&nbsp;</p> <p>In summer it's no problem at all -- but in the dark days it becomes much harder.&nbsp;</p> <p>I must admit, though, I don't really have to <b>get dressed</b> most days before 9 am and that truly helps. Because I'm a mood and weather dresser and even though I check the weather and plan my outfits in advance, I'm likely to change my mind in the moment and, like you, can get messed up (or just lazy) if I don't know what the day holds.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733011 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 23:56:07 +0000 Karie 1733011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My alarm goes off at 5 a.m. every weekday, and after hitting the snooze button (just twice!) I am up at 5:20. I exercise every morning, and then it's off to work by 7. I get my clothes ready for the week on Sunday and hang them on a special rack.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1733007 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 23:44:12 +0000 catgirl 1733007@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is why I had a 6AM shift capsule that was functional and intermixable but not the height of fashion. Just easy to get into and out the door. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1732984 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:23:08 +0000 Staysfit 1732984@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sheepish admission.......I'm awake every day at 5 am. Some days I'm up before my alarm at 4:30am. I do Yoga or Pilates, walk with my neighbor, and then I go to work by 8am. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/its-confirmed-getting-up-early-inhibits-sartorial-adventurousness#post-1732971 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:55:04 +0000 bj1111 1732971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>shedev, that is cruel and unusual punishment </p>