<story><title>Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than early birds</title><url>https://phys.org/news/2020-06-night-owls-grey-brains-early.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>DaiPlusPlus</author><text>&amp;gt; You employ licensed caregivers to yell at you in the morning?&lt;p&gt;Yes. I use sites like Care.com and WellBeyondCare.com to find them.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Are you implying you are paying a nurse to open your door and yell at you &amp;quot;get out of bed sleepyhead?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;They aren’t nurses. The going rate for a caregiver in the US is only slightly above minimum-wage which is awful - especially considering the “human” value of the work they do for us and our loved-ones.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Or is your insurance paying?&lt;p&gt;I pay for it myself. A good chunk of my income is 1099-based and my CPA said I can deduct my caregiving expenses as a business expense because without their help I wouldn’t be working anywhere near as many hours as I do otherwise.&lt;p&gt;I pay them $30-35&amp;#x2F;hr - with a 1-hour minimum. They pay for themselves as far as I’m concerned.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Do they actually drive to your house and do this?&lt;p&gt;Yes. They come-by around 6-7am and spend about 15-30 minutes with me before they go off to their main day job, so I imagine it’s a nice little (easy!) side-gig for them.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Do they do anything else for you?&lt;p&gt;I’ve had a few that stayed for a full hour - they’d make me a proper cooked breakfast while I’m spending 20+ minutes just waking up in the shower.&lt;p&gt;...it’s like living with my parents again.&lt;p&gt;My generation likes to joke about “bed gravity” but it’s a real problem :&amp;#x2F;</text></item><item><author>OriginalPenguin</author><text>You employ licensed caregivers to yell at you in the morning?&lt;p&gt;Can you explain more?  Are you implying you are paying a nurse to open your door and yell at you &amp;quot;get out of bed sleepyhead?&amp;quot;  Or is your insurance paying?&lt;p&gt;Do they actually drive to your house and do this?  Do they do anything else for you?</text></item><item><author>DaiPlusPlus</author><text>I’m certifiably a night-owl and definitely not a morning-person (to the point where I employ licensed caregivers to yell at me in the morning - my psychologist recommended it!) - but I wouldn’t attribute it in any way to being “social” - for some reason I just find it significantly easier to be focused, motivated, and productive after 6pm than any time before.&lt;p&gt;I used to attribute it to my horrible procrastination and how only in the night before a school or uni homework deadline I’d crank something out out of desperation, but it’s still an ongoing habit with my current day-job (er... night-job?) where deadlines aren’t really a thing (I love my boss) but I still feel most-productive in the evenings.&lt;p&gt;I’m ASD+ADHD[1] too - and I see similar things with other people I know with similar diagnoses. I believe they’re all related.&lt;p&gt;[1]: I really dislike the “ADHD” label because I’m not hyperactive in any way - or resemble stereotypical symptoms - if I could rename whatever it is I’ve got I’d call it “Motivation deficit” or similar.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>RickS</author><text>This is so great. I&amp;#x27;ve considered it many times. Do these people offer help with administrative tasks as well? Sites like upwork and taskrabbit haven&amp;#x27;t really delivered. (edit: looks like you&amp;#x27;re in Redmond. I&amp;#x27;m in Seattle, so local tips are welcome)&lt;p&gt;I spent the last two years mulling over hiring an assistant, and told a friend I had $1000&amp;#x2F;mo for this in a heartbeat. Got in a fender bender without insurance (I could afford it, just never got the paperwork together), and my friend pointed out that had I gotten the assistant, they would have paid for themselves merely by mitigating the cost of that one incident.&lt;p&gt;I can totally relate to how this seemingly absurd expense is an absolute no-brainer for people like us.</text></comment>
<story><title>Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than early birds</title><url>https://phys.org/news/2020-06-night-owls-grey-brains-early.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>DaiPlusPlus</author><text>&amp;gt; You employ licensed caregivers to yell at you in the morning?&lt;p&gt;Yes. I use sites like Care.com and WellBeyondCare.com to find them.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Are you implying you are paying a nurse to open your door and yell at you &amp;quot;get out of bed sleepyhead?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;They aren’t nurses. The going rate for a caregiver in the US is only slightly above minimum-wage which is awful - especially considering the “human” value of the work they do for us and our loved-ones.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Or is your insurance paying?&lt;p&gt;I pay for it myself. A good chunk of my income is 1099-based and my CPA said I can deduct my caregiving expenses as a business expense because without their help I wouldn’t be working anywhere near as many hours as I do otherwise.&lt;p&gt;I pay them $30-35&amp;#x2F;hr - with a 1-hour minimum. They pay for themselves as far as I’m concerned.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Do they actually drive to your house and do this?&lt;p&gt;Yes. They come-by around 6-7am and spend about 15-30 minutes with me before they go off to their main day job, so I imagine it’s a nice little (easy!) side-gig for them.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Do they do anything else for you?&lt;p&gt;I’ve had a few that stayed for a full hour - they’d make me a proper cooked breakfast while I’m spending 20+ minutes just waking up in the shower.&lt;p&gt;...it’s like living with my parents again.&lt;p&gt;My generation likes to joke about “bed gravity” but it’s a real problem :&amp;#x2F;</text></item><item><author>OriginalPenguin</author><text>You employ licensed caregivers to yell at you in the morning?&lt;p&gt;Can you explain more?  Are you implying you are paying a nurse to open your door and yell at you &amp;quot;get out of bed sleepyhead?&amp;quot;  Or is your insurance paying?&lt;p&gt;Do they actually drive to your house and do this?  Do they do anything else for you?</text></item><item><author>DaiPlusPlus</author><text>I’m certifiably a night-owl and definitely not a morning-person (to the point where I employ licensed caregivers to yell at me in the morning - my psychologist recommended it!) - but I wouldn’t attribute it in any way to being “social” - for some reason I just find it significantly easier to be focused, motivated, and productive after 6pm than any time before.&lt;p&gt;I used to attribute it to my horrible procrastination and how only in the night before a school or uni homework deadline I’d crank something out out of desperation, but it’s still an ongoing habit with my current day-job (er... night-job?) where deadlines aren’t really a thing (I love my boss) but I still feel most-productive in the evenings.&lt;p&gt;I’m ASD+ADHD[1] too - and I see similar things with other people I know with similar diagnoses. I believe they’re all related.&lt;p&gt;[1]: I really dislike the “ADHD” label because I’m not hyperactive in any way - or resemble stereotypical symptoms - if I could rename whatever it is I’ve got I’d call it “Motivation deficit” or similar.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>GEBBL</author><text>This is shocking! You spend about $700 a month just to be woken up?&lt;p&gt;I can’t get my head round this at all.</text></comment>