I am the proverbial night owl.  I am content to stay up until the wee hours of the morning "doing my own thing" and then leisurely get around to my daily chores sometime mid-morning the next day.  However, I've been wondering if maybe somewhere in all of this I am missing the worm.  And, in fact, if the "worm" is an organized, productive day, then undoubtedly, I slept in past his appearance.

I know that in Proverbs 31, the lady of the house gets up "while it is still dark."  Now that, my friends, is EARLY!  I'm not sure I can remember the last time I was fully awake during a sunrise.

So, I posed this question on the MOMYS  forum:

Do you have to rise early to be effective?

Later, I clarified the word "effective" to mean "organized."  (YES, I know ANOTHER organizationally-challenged post!)

I got a variety of responses that ranged from ABSOLUTELY YES to ABSOLUTELY NO.

The reason all of this has been weighing in my mind lately is b/c summer is half over and the school year is looming large on the horizon and frankly, I AM SCARED!  I feel totally unprepared and totally unorganized.

You see, productivity is not my problem...I am very productive-especially during the night hours, just not organized. However, I feel quite often I'm only productive by accident--it was never a planned event!  And while school can be accomplished "accidentally" it is usually a good idea to have a bit of structure working into the whole system.  I love the idea of delight-directed learning, but even that takes preparation and the organizational skills to be able to head off on a tangent and not get completely lost!

I was thinking about all of this as I drove to get groceries last week (and returned home at 10pm!).  I actually enjoy analyzing myself (saves me a ton on psychiatric bills )  One thing I realized during my "session" was that in my head I see staying up late and getting up late as the more "flexible" way to be and all the "fun" people stay up late--Wow!  Does that scream regression or what?!