You stumble out of bed, bleary eyed and only one resonating thought: coffee. You space out on the way to work, seemingly forgetting the drive in your haze. Enter the tortuous place (commonly known as work) that is responsible for this fog.

If you are like the overwhelming majority of the population, you fit into this category rather than the chipper, happy to be alive, seize the day, almost alien-like other category: morning people.

What is with these people? Where does their energy come from? Where does their will to live reside and how are they so happy at 8:00am?

The truth is that I'm envious. I want to know their secret, so I decided to get some answers. Is it my fault that I hate the world early in the morning? Or are there factors outside of my control when I unleash on innocent and unsuspecting bystanders with my anger in the morning? What I found out is that it is a mixture of both. The morning person vs. night owl fits in quite well to the nature vs. nurture debate:

NATURE: Genetic research is beginning to show that some of this debate is rooted within our genes. Our hypothalamus (the same part of the brain responsible for hunger and thirst) affects our body clocks as well. Our internal body clocks are innately connected with the time you prefer to wake up or how well (in my case, poorly) you respond to sleep deprivation. Continue reading ...

Article by Lauren Kleinman and courtesy of Andrew G.R. and jobacle.com - your cure for carbon copy career advice!