This is Karen Hunter and welcome to the hub. We've all heard the Ben Franklin quote early to bed, early to rise, makes a man, come on,

healthy, wealthy, and wise.

As a matter of fact, I love this quote so much that I have taken the last part of it,

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise and made it part of the mission of my radio show.

But I've never really been a morning person per se.

Ben Franklin also said that early morning has gold in its mouth.

Early morning has gold in his mouth. Now when I when I read Ben Franklin's

quotes I also consider that Ben Franklin who allegedly also discovered electricity was in a time when you know people had to go to bed early because there's no sun out you know it's only candlelight and it's hard to read and do stuff by candlelight.

And getting up, you know, when the rooster crows, when the sun comes up, was a normal circadian

rhythm for people when Ben Franklin was around, right? But there's wisdom in that, in that quote,

there's wisdom in his thinking, and there's a recent study by a biologist that has borne that out.

Now, full disclosure, I have never considered myself a morning person.

In fact, for three years I did a morning show, which was from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. in New York City and I had to get up at

4.07. Yes that's when I actually set my alarm for 4.07 every single morning and for three years I never got used to getting up at

4.07 people would say to me, oh you'll get used to getting up at 4 o'clock in

the morning. No, never. I never got used to it. Never liked it. And if I think on it too hard, it would send

me into flashbacks about getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning because my body never adjusted to

it because I am really not a morning person.

Now, when I get up in the morning,

no matter what time I get up, I'm ready for the day.

I don't drag out of bed and then take me a whole lot of time.

You guys know, I don't drink coffee.

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