Wednesday Writings

A beginner's guide to getting up in the morning

OK, well let me be the first to apologize for this horrible adventure. Let's start by saying if you do this every day, it will not get easier. But you will become numb to the pain of getting up in the morning. You need to pick a time to get up. It should be the optimal balance between sleeping as late as possible and having enough time to get ready. You should probably limit how much time you need to get ready because honestly, unless you are a model, there is nothing you need to look that good for. And even with models, they have people to do their hair and make up so really they could sleep in even later. So yeah to sum that up even models can sleep in. Moving on, you need to pick an alarm. I use the alarm on my phone and I chose a ringtone that is not terrifying to wake up to. You don't need something cheery for an alarm. Otherwise it will startle you. So once you have your wake up time and alarm, be sure to set the alarm. Don't forget that part. "My alarm didn't go off" is for wimps. So now that you have a wake up time and an alarm, go to bed and try to sleep. Don't worry if you don't sleep. It's your body's way of saying screw you for setting the alarm in the first place.
Now we've come to the part where the alarm goes off and it's time to get up. You have a couple of choices at this point. You could hit snooze but if you've maximized your sleep time as you should have, snooze should not be an option. My personal choice is to stumble around in a half-alive state and get ready as quickly as possible and then curl up in a blanket until I must leave. And then caffinate like it's your job. And that's about all there is to getting up in the morning. It sucks and it doesn't get easier. Sorry.