Guilty as charged. I'm an old timey man.
Honestly, I wasn't always this way. Used to work in the restaurant business and often worked the dinner shift (kitchen didn't close until 11 p.m. - midnight on Friday and Saturday nights, and then I'd hit the bar after work). Once I switched to day shifts, I'd usually get to work and have the overnight cleaning crew let me in around 6 a.m. (nobody else showed up until 7 a.m.) just so I could get a head start (off the clock) - it was just to make things easier on me, and give me time to chug down some coffee before I had to clock in.
That's when my early morning schedule started. When I got a "real" job in IT, I just continued starting early. Now that I'm able to work from home a lot, I prefer starting at 4 a.m.. I can get a lot of my work done without distraction in those first 2 - 4 hours before most other people start showing up and making demands of my time.
