[andrewpbrett]

I've found this to be absolutely true as well. It's astounding what a boon it's been to get on an early schedule where I 1) wake up without an alarm, 2) watch the sun come up, and 3) deliberately avoid mail, news, twitter, etc. for the first several hours that I'm awake.

The most recent experiment has been a regularly scheduled nap in the afternoon, which I find allows me to get to bed later but still feel rested when I wake up.