This was originally for the IELTS speaking test in part 1 but I've turned it into a short passage! So the language is supposed to be casual and it'd be great if you could correct my wrong choice of idioms or tell me some alternative idioms that I can use. Thank you in advance! :)

I'm a night owl and I always find it more productive working late at night so I'm not really used to getting up early/ early starts. Every day I have to make up for the time that I lost during the night by getting more sleep in the morning. Only in this way, I can recharge my energy/ batteries and prepare myself for the following day. Once in a blue moon, I will set an alarm for 6:00 a.m. and go jogging with my dad. But that is usually a spur of the moment thing. Most of the time, I would have a lie-in/ sleep late in the morning.