It is often something we hear in conversation; someone is a morning or night person. Some people may fall into the middle of the day as their prime time. There are many different factors that impact which time of the day you will be more alert of functional. Our bodies can get used to certain routines, such as a regular sleep pattern, but there is other shorter-term factors that can impact this too. I know if I have a caffeinated drink at the wrong time, or even change the times of day I tend to eat it can have a significant impact on my energy levels.

There is a great article over at the Psyche website that explores this topic. There is a short extract from this article below.

“Each of us has a chronotype because of the body’s circadian rhythm, or how it has adapted to living with a 24-hour day that has light and dark periods. Our bodies aren’t programmed to do the same thing at every minute of the day – we have to trade off between sleeping, moving around, eating and so on, and these require different physiological conditions. We have biological clocks that manage hormonal levels, body temperature, heart rate, metabolism, hunger levels and more, depending on the time. One way to viscerally sense the presence of your circadian rhythm is to travel to a different time zone: jet lag is a mismatch between your body’s clock and the time in the outside world.”