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I feel like such a lazy git for writing this but...
Getting up in the mornings, when you don't have anything to get up for.
It's kind of hard isn't it?
Recently (last saturday) I finished my part-time stop-gap job, while looking for something permanant.
While I was working, I'd usually have to get up at sensible times (or at 4.30 am, for the odd 6 am start), but the days off I'd usually be in the pattern of getting up, of feel I'd earned the lie in.
My 4th day unemployed and already bad habits have set in. When you have nothing to wake up for, and never have anything to wake up for, it feels so pointless to get up, like it's not worth the hassle.
You can lie in bed where it's warm and comfortable, drift back into a peaceful sleep. And I can sleep for hours given the chance.
On one level, I'd like to get up, be productive, and live.
But when faced with that decision, it hits home that I've nothing to get up for.
I remember being a student. In my first year I was a total lamer, sleeping in far too much. In my second year I was a little better, but it wasn't until the workload was heavy and the pressure was on, in my third year, that I actually cut my sleep time down to sensible hours.
That's my one regret about uni life too - spending too much time sleeping and lazing about, and not enough time getting up, doing things, making the most of life.
But here I am, falling into the same cycle again.
I'm sure it'll change when I get a job. I'm better at sleeping early, and have more discipline for when I really do have to do things.
But I want to get up for the non-work days too, I want to change my mindset.
I want to overcome my passivity and live dynamically.
Am I just a lazy git?
Is there really anything worth getting up for, or would I spend those extra sleeping ours watching Trisha?
And just how do you overcome the short term comfort to actually live well?
Is it really just terrible self-discipline on my part? My mind doesn't seem to weigh up all the benefits when I'm bleary-eyed and fumbling for the alarm.
Getting up in the mornings, when you don't have anything to get up for.
It's kind of hard isn't it?
Recently (last saturday) I finished my part-time stop-gap job, while looking for something permanant.
While I was working, I'd usually have to get up at sensible times (or at 4.30 am, for the odd 6 am start), but the days off I'd usually be in the pattern of getting up, of feel I'd earned the lie in.
My 4th day unemployed and already bad habits have set in. When you have nothing to wake up for, and never have anything to wake up for, it feels so pointless to get up, like it's not worth the hassle.
You can lie in bed where it's warm and comfortable, drift back into a peaceful sleep. And I can sleep for hours given the chance.
On one level, I'd like to get up, be productive, and live.
But when faced with that decision, it hits home that I've nothing to get up for.
I remember being a student. In my first year I was a total lamer, sleeping in far too much. In my second year I was a little better, but it wasn't until the workload was heavy and the pressure was on, in my third year, that I actually cut my sleep time down to sensible hours.
That's my one regret about uni life too - spending too much time sleeping and lazing about, and not enough time getting up, doing things, making the most of life.
But here I am, falling into the same cycle again.
I'm sure it'll change when I get a job. I'm better at sleeping early, and have more discipline for when I really do have to do things.
But I want to get up for the non-work days too, I want to change my mindset.
I want to overcome my passivity and live dynamically.
Am I just a lazy git?
Is there really anything worth getting up for, or would I spend those extra sleeping ours watching Trisha?
And just how do you overcome the short term comfort to actually live well?
Is it really just terrible self-discipline on my part? My mind doesn't seem to weigh up all the benefits when I'm bleary-eyed and fumbling for the alarm.
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That's a bit drastic as a fixer for laziness pb^^
:D
You are getting lazy Duck but there is nothing wrong with that in the short term. It's good to make the most of it before being bound to the alarm clock and a slave to the start of the working day. Plus if there actually is nothing much for you to do then staying in bed is preferable to daytime TV. That would just turn your brain to mush and lower your IQ to approx. -10.
Staying in bed til the afternoon - bliss! I don't have much on at the weekend (tend to make sure the housework is done during the week) but I can't seem to stay in bed past 10ish now. I miss spending 1/2 my life in bed :(
:D
You are getting lazy Duck but there is nothing wrong with that in the short term. It's good to make the most of it before being bound to the alarm clock and a slave to the start of the working day. Plus if there actually is nothing much for you to do then staying in bed is preferable to daytime TV. That would just turn your brain to mush and lower your IQ to approx. -10.
Staying in bed til the afternoon - bliss! I don't have much on at the weekend (tend to make sure the housework is done during the week) but I can't seem to stay in bed past 10ish now. I miss spending 1/2 my life in bed :(
you should try having kids. Then you have to get up!
Mind yo, today I was supposed to get up early to go on a road trip (only abut my 4th day ever driving in Spain and I have to go on a 2.5 hour trip involving fast motorways, ouch!) but I didn´t and I´´m only just setting off in a minute.
Ah well. I´ll let you all know how it went when I get back...
Mind yo, today I was supposed to get up early to go on a road trip (only abut my 4th day ever driving in Spain and I have to go on a 2.5 hour trip involving fast motorways, ouch!) but I didn´t and I´´m only just setting off in a minute.
Ah well. I´ll let you all know how it went when I get back...
I don't know why, but when I wake up most mornings I just get up straight away. I shouldn't really, because I go to bed at 11-12, but I do. I'm just sort of restless, and the thought that the summer holidays are almost over sort of hits home.
I'm disgustingly lazy at the moment. On an average day I'm getting up at about 1.30 in the afternoon. Sometimes I don't bother getting up until about 3.30 - 4.00 because there's no point.
Sleep is the best part of my day... I feel sad now.
I feel like such a lazy git for writing this but...
Getting up in the mornings, when you don't have anything to get up for.
It's kind of hard isn't it?
Recently (last saturday) I finished my part-time stop-gap job, while looking for something permanant.
While I was working, I'd usually have to get up at sensible times (or at 4.30 am, for the odd 6 am start), but the days off I'd usually be in the pattern of getting up, of feel I'd earned the lie in.
My 4th day unemployed and already bad habits have set in. When you have nothing to wake up for, and never have anything to wake up for, it feels so pointless to get up, like it's not worth the hassle.
You can lie in bed where it's warm and comfortable, drift back into a peaceful sleep. And I can sleep for hours given the chance.
On one level, I'd like to get up, be productive, and live.
But when faced with that decision, it hits home that I've nothing to get up for.
I remember being a student. In my first year I was a total lamer, sleeping in far too much. In my second year I was a little better, but it wasn't until the workload was heavy and the pressure was on, in my third year, that I actually cut my sleep time down to sensible hours.
That's my one regret about uni life too - spending too much time sleeping and lazing about, and not enough time getting up, doing things, making the most of life.
But here I am, falling into the same cycle again.
I'm sure it'll change when I get a job. I'm better at sleeping early, and have more discipline for when I really do have to do things.
But I want to get up for the non-work days too, I want to change my mindset.
I want to overcome my passivity and live dynamically.
Am I just a lazy git?
Is there really anything worth getting up for, or would I spend those extra sleeping ours watching Trisha?
And just how do you overcome the short term comfort to actually live well?
Is it really just terrible self-discipline on my part? My mind doesn't seem to weigh up all the benefits when I'm bleary-eyed and fumbling for the alarm.
Getting up in the mornings, when you don't have anything to get up for.
It's kind of hard isn't it?
Recently (last saturday) I finished my part-time stop-gap job, while looking for something permanant.
While I was working, I'd usually have to get up at sensible times (or at 4.30 am, for the odd 6 am start), but the days off I'd usually be in the pattern of getting up, of feel I'd earned the lie in.
My 4th day unemployed and already bad habits have set in. When you have nothing to wake up for, and never have anything to wake up for, it feels so pointless to get up, like it's not worth the hassle.
You can lie in bed where it's warm and comfortable, drift back into a peaceful sleep. And I can sleep for hours given the chance.
On one level, I'd like to get up, be productive, and live.
But when faced with that decision, it hits home that I've nothing to get up for.
I remember being a student. In my first year I was a total lamer, sleeping in far too much. In my second year I was a little better, but it wasn't until the workload was heavy and the pressure was on, in my third year, that I actually cut my sleep time down to sensible hours.
That's my one regret about uni life too - spending too much time sleeping and lazing about, and not enough time getting up, doing things, making the most of life.
But here I am, falling into the same cycle again.
I'm sure it'll change when I get a job. I'm better at sleeping early, and have more discipline for when I really do have to do things.
But I want to get up for the non-work days too, I want to change my mindset.
I want to overcome my passivity and live dynamically.
Am I just a lazy git?
Is there really anything worth getting up for, or would I spend those extra sleeping ours watching Trisha?
And just how do you overcome the short term comfort to actually live well?
Is it really just terrible self-discipline on my part? My mind doesn't seem to weigh up all the benefits when I'm bleary-eyed and fumbling for the alarm.
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