FIVE THINGS I LIKE DOING

Of course I like spending time with my wife, children, wider family and friends, but here are five things I do for fun.

1. DRINKING BEER

I like a cold beer, especially on Fridays. Sometimes with friends but I sometimes have one or two cans alone with some food.

2. WATCHING SPORTS ON TV

I enjoy watching sports on TV. Football, Gaelic Football, Darts, Tennis – a wide range of sports. I don’t get as much time to do this as I used to but I still watch a little bit of sport every week. I watch Liverpool and Derry City football games and Gaelic Football games, espeically those featuring Tyrone

3. CYCLING

I like to cycle. I cycle to and from work when I can (4km each way) and I try to get out on the bike at the weekends. I used to cycle a lot more in the past, clocking up 400km in February 2021, but I haven’t got out much in recent times.

4. LISTENING TO MUSIC

I like to listen to music when I get the chance. Indie, Grunge, Rock, Irish Traditional music; I have a wide range of tastes. I get the opportunity to listen to music while driving or doing admin work.

5. DRINKING COFFEE AND EATING CROISSANTS

I enjoy drinking coffee and eating croissants. I don’t do this every day but every now and then, either around 11am or in the afternoon about 4pm. I enjoy drinking lattes.

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Morning or Evening Person

Daily writing prompt

Are you more of a night or morning person?

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Some people are morning people and others are night people. Which are you? Which am I? I think we adapt to different circumstances so night owls can become morning larks and vice-versa.

When I was a student, I was more of an evening person. I used to go to go to the computer lab (at Magee College in Derry, where I studied) in the evening and go home about 4am. I would sleep my 8 hours and wake up at 12 noon.

Upon entering the world of work at the turn of the Millenium, I couldn’t maintain such a schedule. My job was 9-5 so I had to be up by around 7am ever day.

Then in 2012 I moved to South America; Peru to be exact. Peru is five hours behind UTC and I had lived in Western Europe before then I was getting up early and being tired at night. My job obigated me to wake up at 6am but that wasn’t a problem for me. I was up bright and early in the morning but feeling very sleepy in the evening.

Then in 2015 came the birth of my first child which meant that the quality and quantity of sleep that I enjoyed before were reduced. I had to get used to being up during the night and still get up for work in the morning.

Nowadays, in 2025, with two kids I get by on not a lot of sleep. Too be honest I drink a lot of coffee, 3-4 cups a day, maybe more. Too much perhaps. To answer the original question I would say I am morning person because I get very tired in the evening and find driving at night challenging. I think as we get older we tend to get up earlier.