If I don’t get up, I won’t wind up in the office. If I’m consistently not in the office, I don’t get paid. If I don’t get paid, I won’t have be able to buy books or take attractive people out on dates. Running through that chain of logic takes roughly five to ten minutes, which is about how long the snooze on my alarm is, so by the third time it goes off I’m usually out of bed.
A useful hack for me is setting the alarm an hour earlier than I need, and letting myself do whatever I want for that hour. Since this is the only timespan in my day I’m guaranteed to be alone and to have no expectations, it tends to be an opportunity worth getting up for.
Weekend mornings either have an expectation similar to (though usually lesser than) work, or offer a whole day to goof off. Accordingly, there are some weekends where I don’t get out of bed until I either get hungry or get a wave of energy that makes me want to run around.
If I don’t get up, I won’t wind up in the office. If I’m consistently not in the office, I don’t get paid. If I don’t get paid, I won’t have be able to buy books or take attractive people out on dates. Running through that chain of logic takes roughly five to ten minutes, which is about how long the snooze on my alarm is, so by the third time it goes off I’m usually out of bed.
A useful hack for me is setting the alarm an hour earlier than I need, and letting myself do whatever I want for that hour. Since this is the only timespan in my day I’m guaranteed to be alone and to have no expectations, it tends to be an opportunity worth getting up for.
Weekend mornings either have an expectation similar to (though usually lesser than) work, or offer a whole day to goof off. Accordingly, there are some weekends where I don’t get out of bed until I either get hungry or get a wave of energy that makes me want to run around.