剛剛看Huiyu的blog時，發現這篇報導，覺得它實在是說的太好了。
基本上，我應該是屬於B-Society。早起對我來說，實在是一件很困難的事。
除子自己本身低血壓的關係，要我早起實在是很困難。
就算早起之後，腦袋也不見得會運轉。
再者我白天的集中力也不夠，白天的集中力大概是我晚上的集中力一半吧..
所以如果碰到白天必須要處理的事情，我都會選擇下午再處理..
白天的我，不管要做什麼事，都很容易分心。
最怕的是有人如果剛好是在我剛睡醒時，談重要事情的話，那比較麻煩。
除非是在談的時候，腦袋已經清醒(但百分之80都不太可能)，
不然大部份的話題，我應該都沒有聽進腦袋裡。
想起以前唸國中、高職時，早起實在是痛苦，要我不遲到實在是很難。
等唸專科跟二技時，就更不用說了，特別是第一堂課，基本上很難看到我出現。
以前唸專科時，由於課都排的比較滿。
每到午休時間，如果要我選擇這午休時間要吃午餐或睡午覺?
我大部份都選擇睡覺...這是真的...多虧當時阿純都提供讓我睡午覺的場所。
還記得當時比較不太能控制自己的脾氣，所以睡醒之後，都會有蠻嚴重的起床氣。
其實也沒嚴重到哪去，最多就是不喜歡說話，腦袋完全放空。
以前最討厭的還是那種一大早打電話來擾人清夢的..如果打來的是女生，就還有辦法控制..如果是男生打來的話，那就不好意思了，先罵一頓再說。誰叫他倒楣打來吵我睡覺。
不過這方面也因為我在國外生活這幾年改善很多了，至少不會因為別人打電話來吵我起床而亂發脾氣。
但畢竟不是每次起床，精神狀況都是很好的，
有的時候起床之後，精神還是很差的時候，最怕別人來跟我說話或聊天..
因為自己就沒什麼情緒說話，如果還要我擺出好姿態陪別人聊天還真是困難。
就算要一台機器運作時，也是要先暖機嘛....
想到以前跟某位在一起時，他就很擔心我沒辦法早起的問題。
想想，其實他還算蠻能容忍的。至少唸歸唸，但還是讓我睡到飽為止。
基本上，他也不要求我能夠在他上班/上課前，爬起來陪他吃早餐。
但至少，要求我在午餐前能夠起床，陪他一起享用午餐。
但可能就是他對我太容忍了，害我的貪睡都讓我們假日都沒辦法去太遠的地方逛逛。哎..難怪我們每次都只能在住家附近的公園走走...自找的嘛...
也曾想過要將自己改成A-person好了..
但還是沒用..因為就算我早起好了，我的專注力就是不夠，照常摸東摸西。
而且會一直摸到晚上才會很認真的做事情。
相對的，一旦讓我認真在唸書，寫東西的時候，就非常不喜歡有人來打擾我。
畢竟我的專注力並不多見，一但讓我專注在某件事時，就會希望把事情用完。(這方面，應該就屬於處女座的完美主義作祟吧)
只可惜..這種專注力並不常發生在我身上呀...XD
所以我還是乖乖當我的B-Person，乖乖的待在B-Society就好了
anyway...以下就是相關報導啦...附上中英文部份報導。
但覺得很好玩的是..這記者最後用To b or Not To b 來形容..
但這不是莎士比亞裡哈姆雷特裡的名言嗎?? To be or not to be...XD
By Chris Morris
BBC News, Denmark
If you find it hard to get up in the morning, don't despair - you're not lazy, you're just genetically programmed that way, says the B-Society in Denmark.
I have still got a rather nasty bruise on my shin at the moment after the flawed execution of my latest elaborate plan - to make sure I did not miss the dreaded early morning flight.
I was sleeping rather fitfully in the spare room downstairs, trying to avoid waking up the rest of the house, when the time ticked around to 4.30.
First the phone alarm on the bedside table chirruped. I soon dealt with that.
But then one minute later the alarm clock cunningly hidden on the other side of the room burst into life.
The trick is to place an obstacle - in this case my son's rickety wooden rocking horse - in your path, making immediate access difficult.
The trouble was, in this case, in my bleary-eyed trance, I forgot about the horse altogether and crashed into it at some speed.
Searing pain, followed by muffled obscenities, left me lying in a heap on the floor, the alarm clock still beeping impatiently.
I made the flight, the sunrise looked lovely, but boy do I hate mornings.
But it is OK. Now I know it is not my fault. I am a B-person.
A B-person - as opposed to an A-person - genetically pre-disposed to operate better and to be more alert later in the day.
B-uprising
Denmark it seems is full of B-people. So where better to form the B-society?
Six months after it was set up, it already boasts several thousand members.
Now it is campaigning hard for businesses to sign up to its B-certification list.
"We're calling," the society proclaims in its manifesto, "for an uprising against the tyranny of early rising."
Mmm, sounds good.
But how does it work in practice?
Rush-hour in Copenhagen seems relatively sedate to me - it is certainly not central London on a wet Monday morning.
But the glazed looks on the faces of grumpy commuters are disturbingly familiar.
So, time to find some B-pioneers.
Flexible working
One strong cup of coffee later and I was on my way to meet Stephen Alstrup who runs his own B-certified company.
"I'm useless early in the morning," he says cheerfully. "All I can do is drink coffee, and stare into space."
"People used to get up early because they had to feed the animals. But I haven't got any cows or chickens, so I can sleep late."
And when we get to Stephen's office, that is empty too - apart from one member of staff who has been there most of the night and is just leaving, and the company's only A-person who actually enjoys the early start.
The rest of them arrive when they choose - any time up to 3.30pm or so - each to their own rhythm.
Business benefits
It is a small hi-tech company and Stephen needs brains which are working at full speed.
"Everybody gains," he says, "they're here when they're fully awake, and the business benefits."
More confusing for me is the guy who works to a 25 hour clock.
If he is in at 10 today, it will be 11 tomorrow, then 12 - you can get the general idea.
I do not know where his cycle had got to when we called at the office but there was certainly no sign of him by midday.
It used to be called disorganised, but not any more, not in Denmark. His body clock is just different.
And it is not just businesses which are getting in on the act.
Are you a teenager who cannot get out of bed in the morning?
Or a parent who never quite gets the kids to school on time?
Fear not - the Danes may have the solution: B-classes.
Work-life balance
From next year a school in Copenhagen will offer classes which start later in the day - at 10 instead of eight. It is likely to prove popular.
Even the government seems to like the idea.
Work-life balance is a big political issue in Denmark, Families Minister Carina Christensen tells me.
And B-philosophy fits right in with the need for a flexible labour force.
When I confess that I think I am a B-person, she gives me a comforting smile.
"Don't worry," she says, "some people might think you're lazy - but there's more to it than that."
Well, I hope so. The B-society and its founder Camilla Kring are certainly convinced that they are on to a winner.
"It's a 24/7 society," she says, as we sit in a park and watch some swans... swanning around.
"Our institutions have got to move with the times."
Quite so. Which means the choice should be yours. As one famous Dane once said: "To B or not to B?"
In modern life, that really is the question.
Source: BBC NEWS
接下來是中文版的
不讓鬧鐘做主
文／潘彥君
彈性工時更符人性
俗話說：早起的鳥兒有蟲吃，但對一群丹麥人而言，這是對較晚起床的人的歧視與偏見，他們稱之為「早起者的暴政」（the tyranny of early risers）。
最近在丹麥有個日益茁壯的團體，叫做B-Society，其成員則自稱是B-People。 B-Society的哲學是，每個人生活的節奏不同，有些人習慣早起 （相對於B-People，早起者被稱為A-People），認為早上的工作效率最好。 但也有人視早上八、九點就得到辦公室報到為一大折磨，得花整個早上的時間逐漸清醒。 B-Society 認為現代社會一律朝九晚五的生活步調，對習慣晚起的人而言是不公平的對待，更遑論社會總習慣性地污名化晚起者，認為這些人之所以晚起，是因為懶惰、沒有自制力、生活沒規律等。 B-Society更指出，早有科學研究發現早起和晚起的人之間有基因上的差異，科學家相信就全世界的人口而言，大約有百分之十的人是極端型的早起者，另外也有百分之十左右的人是極端型的晚起者，大部分的人則是介於這兩者之間。 所以，對專家們而言，早起或晚起與基因有關，而非懶惰與否。
對B-Society而言，現代人目前的工作步調是沿襲過去傳統農業社會的作息，當時的人多務農，跟著飼養的動物起床開始農事。但丹麥早已脫離農業社會形態，在一切以高科技及知識經濟為取向的今天，工作的時間與地點愈來愈不受限，一味地要求早上八點上班，不僅無法反應時代潮流，更顯愚蠢。因為雇主應該重視的是員工的工作品質與效率，而非員工何時進辦公室。
該團體自今年初成立以來，至今已招攬數千名成員，丹麥負責家庭事務的部長卡琳娜‧克斯森（Carina Christensen）也公開支持B-Society，認為如果我們不再讓鬧鐘做主，生活品質應該會大大改善。
目前B-Society正在蒐集願意加入B-Society的公司、學校、托育中心、醫療單位等的名單。以某公司為例，加入B-Society意味著該公司採取彈性上班時間，在工作時數不改變的前提下，員工們自行決定何時上班，B-Society將頒與證書，即所謂的B-certification。所以，一個公司裡將同時會有B-People和A-People。 據了解，目前在哥本哈根已有所謂的B-high school，第一堂課十點鐘開始。
丹麥這個新興團體引起不少歐洲媒體的注意，在英國、德國都引起討論。其他北歐國家如芬蘭、挪威及瑞典也都開始有籌組類似團體的風潮。在採訪完B-Society之後，一名英國ＢＢＣ記者引用一位著名丹麥王子的話，下了這樣的註解：To B or not to B：that is the question。 所以，你是A-person 還是B-person?
Source: Taiwan News
想查查看自己是屬於morning person 或 evening person的，可以上BBC 網站上試試這測試
BBC - Personal Sleep Profile
這樣就可以知道自己是A-Society的?還是B-Society的囉～
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