Here - right there, you have exposed yourself as a natural born morning person.
You might have fallen off the wagon there for a while, but you are an early bird my friend.
I haven't met a night owl (a real one) like me, who finds it easier to work in the morning - as I write this it's coming up on 1am and I feel AMAZING! clear and ready to rock'n'roll - and believe me, nobody is around to bother me - it's beautifully quiet.
I have been down that road you're describing as something one should aspire to, I even wrote an article about it, right here on Medium.
And science is with me on this, so...