I think we should start using more bio terms to describe what hours we’re most active in, because they’re frickin cool.
- Crepuscular – mostly around dawn and dusk
- Vespertine – specifically active around dusk
- Cathemeral – basically whenever: “sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night in
which food is acquired […]”- Diurnal – awake in the day, asleep at night
- Matutinal – most active in the early morning hours
If I had any inkling that this would get reblogged I’d put something like “tag yourself” here (I made this post because I’m feeling crepuscular).
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#language #the more you know #(I only knew two of these myself) #(”crepuscular” and ”diurnal”) #from what I can tell I’m naturally diurnal but this has been partially suppressed by decades of habit #I was raised sleeping ~2:30 AM – ~noon #(bear in mind I was homeschooled and therefore rarely had anything that *required* me to be awake before noon) #and upbringing dies hard #I’ve managed to push back to ~12 AM – ~9 AM #I like mornings but I haven’t fully managed to shake the feeling that being awake in the morning is Not Done
Brinens and Things 