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Colton Thompson Waking Up In The Morning (684 Words) How did you get out of bed this morning? Did your alarm go off and you sprung out of bed, so excited for the day you almost faceplanted still tangled in the sheets? Did you lazily hit snooze and roll over a few times before getting out of bed? Or did you not even have an alarm and just wake up on your own free will? For me, possibly the largest struggle of the day is getting out of bed. My mom will come in, *Knock, Knock* "Hey, come on, it's time to get up." or, "I let you sleep in; let's go; get up." I then roll over after she leaves and fall back asleep. After what I perceive as less than ten minutes, ends up being more like thirty-five, my mom will come back down to wake me up again, just more frustrated this time. This is a good place to discuss the ethics of turning on the light to wake somebody up. If you simply barge into a room, shout "WAKE UP!" and turn on the light, that's just rude. Nobody wants to be woken up as if they are in Marine Corps boot camp. The most frustrating part of that scenario is not even the yelling or barging in, it's the lights. Not only is it painful, it is the most annoying way of being woken up if you even wake up. A dedicated sleeper will not be phased by the flip of a switch, and if they are, they will be back to sleep in less than two minutes. However, if it is the second time you have attempted to wake somebody up, though still aggravating, it is justified to turn on the light in effort to keep somebody awake. Therefor this is the one exception to the rule, it is never a war crime the first time. When my mom wakes me up a second time, the light is guaranteed to be on if not already. It is also a gamble as to whether she will be angry or not. After I am more or less awake, assuming I have not fallen back asleep. I will start searching for a reason to get out of bed. If my mom is angry for one reason or another, that's a reason to stay in bed for as long as possible to avoid inevitably being yelled at for something that isn't necessarily my fault. Is there anything important at school today? No, if there is I can probably make it up, or I wouldn't have done it anyway. And a lot of it just seems pointless, or not worth doing. Is there Young Marines? No, and if there is its probably not worth It either. And if it is it doesn't matter because I will never amount to anything more than an average middle class guy for the rest of my life. Also, If I stay in bed I won't be as tired. And the day will go by faster while I sleep. And then I say, "hey, wait a minute, I sound like a loser, why can't I just get out of bed and fix my problems?" "Cuz I don't feel like it." Man, I really am a looser. The answer might be I don't know how, but that's a lie, it's that I lack the motivation to actually change anything, that's just a fancy way of saying I don't feel like it. If all goes well, I eventually force myself to sit up because whatever day it is there is some reason, I have to get out of bed for some reason I likely don't understand. And then boom, the day is started. If you're wondering, no. this is not a paper on how you should get out of bed, it is more, an explanation of how not to start your day. If you take all of this as a rant from a stupid teenager and don't do anything I explain in these short paragraphs your day is guaranteed to be better. Now, how will you wake up tomorrow? |