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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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I think you can enjoy it when it's a novelty, and there's no guilt associated with wasting your life because of it.
Perhaps because I need to be getting on with things, I feel like it's more a waste than a luxury.
Last night I didn't sleep at all.
I was beginning to think I wasn't up to all-nighters any more, getting too old. It's kind of reassuring to have fared reasonably well with it. Although I'd still rather not be a lamer.
Perhaps because I need to be getting on with things, I feel like it's more a waste than a luxury.
Last night I didn't sleep at all.
I was beginning to think I wasn't up to all-nighters any more, getting too old. It's kind of reassuring to have fared reasonably well with it. Although I'd still rather not be a lamer.
I agree with the people who say "enjoy it while you can"!
I had a week off in between changing jobs a few weeks back and I really enjoyed those 7 days of getting up when I wanted without the hassle of having to go somewhere and do something.
As soon as I started the new job next week, there goes the alarm at 6:00 and its the neverending struggles all over again!
I REALLY miss those wonderful extra hours in bed now, six or seven weeks in to my 7:30 starts...!
With the last part in mind, I do find it easier to get up earlier if you have to start early in the morning. Until recently, I've been getting up at 6:30. Yet, I'm clocking in at 7:40 on average - and this place is a five minute drive up the road! So, I'll see how things fare this week with a 6:15.
I had a week off in between changing jobs a few weeks back and I really enjoyed those 7 days of getting up when I wanted without the hassle of having to go somewhere and do something.
As soon as I started the new job next week, there goes the alarm at 6:00 and its the neverending struggles all over again!
I REALLY miss those wonderful extra hours in bed now, six or seven weeks in to my 7:30 starts...!
With the last part in mind, I do find it easier to get up earlier if you have to start early in the morning. Until recently, I've been getting up at 6:30. Yet, I'm clocking in at 7:40 on average - and this place is a five minute drive up the road! So, I'll see how things fare this week with a 6:15.
Got up at 9-30 today which is early for a Saturday and nothing woke me up I just woke up of my own accord.
Probably make up for it tomorrow :)
Probably make up for it tomorrow :)
I woke up at 12 today, and feel happy about it. Does it really matter how long you stay in bed for, as long as your not missing anything?
Drinking alcohol always seems to work for me. Yeah, you wake up with a pounding headache and a bad stomach, but you get a good night's sleep!
I woke up at 11 today.
Then I woke up at 3.
:^(
Then I woke up at 3.
:^(
Seeing as I have terrible trouble sleeping in general, I don't feel the slightest bit guilty about sleeping in on days off. Perhaps if it gets to 2 or 3pm I'll consider it a bit of a waste, but right now I'll take all the sleep I can get.
Oh and alcoholism doesn't work whoever said that :) It might help you to drop off initially, but chances are you'll wake in the night, it screws up your chances of getting decent restful sleep.
Tried pretty much anything and everything for insomnia, all rubbish. So I envy you duck ...
Oh and alcoholism doesn't work whoever said that :) It might help you to drop off initially, but chances are you'll wake in the night, it screws up your chances of getting decent restful sleep.
Tried pretty much anything and everything for insomnia, all rubbish. So I envy you duck ...
Heh, after a night out it seems easier. I just wake up really early and find I have no interest in sleeping.
Maybe alcoholism is the solution. It seems to work for Snake...
Part of me would quite like to sleep early at night and get up early in the mornings too. I used to run at 6.30 am, when the roads were quiet and the chavs were off the street. In many regards Middlesbrough is a nasty little city, but early in the mornings, when the night's coastal winds have swept away the stench of cars and trash, the air can be great.
There's a song by the Eels with the lyrics
"I go to bed real early,
Everybody things it's strange.
I get up early in the morning,
No matter how disappointed I was with the day before it feels new."
It seems like a nice way of living.
The problem is that I don't think I'd get up early in the mornings. I'd just sleep early and still get up late :^S
Maybe alcoholism is the solution. It seems to work for Snake...
Part of me would quite like to sleep early at night and get up early in the mornings too. I used to run at 6.30 am, when the roads were quiet and the chavs were off the street. In many regards Middlesbrough is a nasty little city, but early in the mornings, when the night's coastal winds have swept away the stench of cars and trash, the air can be great.
There's a song by the Eels with the lyrics
"I go to bed real early,
Everybody things it's strange.
I get up early in the morning,
No matter how disappointed I was with the day before it feels new."
It seems like a nice way of living.
The problem is that I don't think I'd get up early in the mornings. I'd just sleep early and still get up late :^S
If I don't have to get up for anything I'll stay in bed until I wake up, probably trying to catch up on sleep from the week as I'm up at 7-30 on weekdays.
At the weekend I'll usually get up about 10am but if I've been out until the early hours it'll be closer to midday.
At the weekend I'll usually get up about 10am but if I've been out until the early hours it'll be closer to midday.
pb wrote:
> you should try having kids. Then you have to get up!
and dont i know it :P
> you should try having kids. Then you have to get up!
and dont i know it :P
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