Does waking up earlier mean waking up happier?

(Thinkstock)We’ve heard it before: “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

But does waking up early make us happier?

A recent Daily Mail article

claims so. Simon Parke, author of “Solitude: Recovering the Power of Alone,” writes that waking up early — he recommends an intimidating wake-up call of 5am — lets us begin the day in peace:

“Watching dawn break through the kitchen window really does ‘make light of the day’ whatever it may hold,” he writes.

via ca.shine.yahoo.com