My Thoughts On Getting Up? An iPhone Note I Sleepily Typed Last Night Before Falling Asleep lol
I always set my alarm on days I don’t have class.
..as if it’s somehow going to convince me to get up in the morning.
On a productive type day, it buzzes and I begin my 5 min ‘reboot & information processing’ time. During these moments I will come to know:
1) what is happening.
2)where I am.
3) who I am.
4) what year it is.
5) what day it is.
and
6) what I am supposed to be doing on said day.
Then I run the all-important “Urgency Scan” which involves creating a precise ratio of how-tired-I-am VS. the vital-ness of the task at hand for the day. The conclusion results in the answer to the big question… “Do I have to get up now?”
Because this is a “productive day” the importance of what I have to do for the day outweighs my level of not wanting to get up, so the answer is ‘yes’. I then lie and wait for the second alarm I have set to go off, because while my brain has given confirmation that I will indeed be getting up today, my body is not likely to follow suit just yet. About 10 mins later, I am scuffling towards my two immediate goals of coffee & a shower. Following that, I’m on my way to productivity.
On a not-so-productive day however, my alarm will go off, I turn on my brain, and run the scan to access my actual need to get up. I then come to the realization that I, in fact, do not have anywhere to be immediately. Now lacking any and all sense of urgency, I will inevitably fall back asleep.
The me of the night before thought: “I should get up and start my day bright and early tomorrow.” But, the me of the current morning thinks, “What the hell did I set this thing for?” Yet, I set it everyday, expecting a different result. I donno.
