A to Z Quick Chat 95 | Are you a night owl or an early riser?

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, XOchitl and Jack discuss the following question: Are you a night owl or an early riser? Transcript: 00:00:01 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast, where Jack and Social take you on a journey from learning the basics to mastering the nuances of the English language. Our podcast is designed for non-native speakers who are looking to improve their English skills in a fun and interactive way. Each episode covers a wide range of topics. 00:00:23 Jack From grammar and vocabulary to slang and culture to help you navigate the English speaking world with ease. 00:00:36 Jack Welcome to the 80s English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are going to answer a question and discuss the question. And the question is, are you a night owl or an early riser and social? Maybe you can. 00:00:54 Jack Just help define our terms a little bit here what is a night owl? 00:00:59 Xochitl A night owl is a term for someone who is more active at night because we see that owls, they're birds of prey and they tend to be more active in the nighttime hours. So and I know someone who is, like, groggy in the morning and not focused in the morning and then they feel really productive and they feel alert later into the evening. 00:01:19 Xochitl And night. 00:01:20 Xochitl Hours, right? 00:01:21 Jack Right. And what what's an early? 00:01:24 Jack Riser then how would you describe an early riser? 00:01:27 Xochitl Early riser is the person is a morning person like a typical person who wakes up in the morning energized and ready to. 00:01:34 Xochitl No, but they usually start nodding off into the evening hours and they can't stay up and they can't stay alert right past, you know, maybe like 9:00 PM. 00:01:47 Jack Yeah, at 9:00 PM, you see their, their eyes are droopy and their their head starts falling forward. 00:01:56 Jack OK, So what about you? Are you? 00:01:57 Jack A night owl or an early rise? 00:02:00 Xochitl Yeah, I am a night owl for sure. I think when I was little when I was a little kid, I was famous in my family for being an early riser and I was like, insufferable, basically because I would go and wake up my parents and cry their eyes open and say that it was time to wake up. 00:02:20 Xochitl Because I could see the sun rising, which is like 5:30 AM. 00:02:27 Xochitl And I was just so excited for the day to start. Isn't that so funny? Like, I would just. I was so excited I couldn't contain myself. And and and then. 00:02:38 Xochitl When I got into my. 00:02:39 Xochitl Teenage years, I definitely became a night owl, but my parents got some payback and they never let me sleep in, so I had really truncated sleep hours. 00:02:47 Xochitl When I was a teenager, which was so bad for my mental and physical, and now I'm definitely a night owl, still I go through phases where I'll wake up early and. 00:02:59 Xochitl Like go to. 00:02:59 Xochitl Sleep early but. 00:03:01 Xochitl If I'm left to my own devices and I don't have a routine, I just naturally tend to be in. 00:03:05 발표자 Yeah, well. 00:03:07 Xochitl How about you, Jack? 00:03:09 Jack I was a night I well, when I was younger. So in my 20s in my teens, I was 100% a night owl. I just. 00:03:20 Jack In English we say I. 00:03:21 Jack I didn't want to give up the ghost. 00:03:24 Jack As we say. 00:03:25 Jack Right. And so I just, I would just fight sleep, you know, like it was just a battle. So I would stay awake as late as I could and I would fall asleep with the TV on watching something at 1:00, two, three in the morning. 00:03:41 Jack But then. 00:03:43 Jack I couldn't wake up. I did not want to wake up. I was always late for school. Always I would. 00:03:51 Jack I would sell. 00:03:51 Jack My soul to the devil for an extra 5 minutes of sleep. Basically in the morning like I would do anything for 5 minutes more of sleep and. 00:04:03 Jack Well, suddenly in my 30s, I don't know. 00:04:05 Jack It's just an age th