Willie geist why are you awake

But trust me, no makeup in the world can replace sleep. So I try and push the envelope to get as much shut-eye as possible. A car picks me up to take me to Rockefeller Center and I stumble from my house still in my pajamas. Once on the road, I — you guessed it — fall back asleep. I arrive at 30 Rock just before 5 a. I wash my hair at 30 Rock.

I keep my clothes at 30 Rock. Before bed, I try to do as much prep work as possible and read up on all the latest news. Alex Korson, our executive producer, briefs me on any overnight changes while I get my makeup done.

For breakfast, the only thing I have before the show is an extra hot, extra foam, double red-eye misto from Starbucks. It is truly a supersonic cup of coffee. But the thing that really wakes me up is the show itself, the fun on set with Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle. As far back as I can remember, I would wake up really early just because I loved the freshness of the new day.

But waking up early for work is another thing entirely. As much as I love my job, I do miss having personal time in the morning, my favorite time of day. My job requires round-the-clock care. So I make it a point to take sleep deprivation and mental health very seriously. Working crazy hours and burning the candle at both ends definitely has a price.

Self found that most people are unknowingly too tired, a collective exhaustion that is taking a toll on health and happiness. On average, adults are sleeping six and a half hours a night, it said. That rang true for the TODAY hosts, with Hager reporting that although her baby daughter, Mila, sleeps through the night, she often sleeps for six to seven hours, while Geist reported six hours of shut-eye.

On average, we need about eight hours. Self cited a study from the University of Pennsylvania that found that people who got six hours of sleep a night for two weeks had lost the same amount of focus, alertness and working memory as people who had been awake for 36 hours. Sleep deprivation has been linked to impaired decision-making, weight gain because of an increase in ghrelin, the hormone that regulates appetite, and can weaken your immune system.

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