'Take what you want and pay for it.' - Spanish Proverb
OK, here is how I fared (n = ~25 minute nap, s = snooze button auto-torture lasting 10 minutes):
- Wednesday 30thMay - up at 10:45 down at 02:00, n
- Thursday 31st May - up at 10:00 down at 01:00, n
- Friday 1st June - up at 09:50 down at 01:40, n
- Saturday 2nd June - up at 09:00 down at 02:40, nn
- Sunday 3rd June - up at 08:40 down at 01:00, nn
- Monday 4th June - up at 09:00 down at 01:00 up at 01:38 down at 02:40, ssss
- Tuesday 5th June - up at 08:30 down at 08:45 up at 10:00
Enough! OK - as a desperation measure, I've decided to go cold turkey. 06:30 is my desired waking up time. I will therefore, from now on, go to sleep when I'm tired and get up at 06:30, regardless of how well I slept. Once I am up, I am not allowed to have a nap for at least another 2 hours. Each nap can only be for 25 minutes (from the moment I set the alarm till it goes off). I'm pissed off about this as it means productivity will be a write off for tomorrow but I have to get this cracked.
The key is going to be the ability to resist hitting the snooze button and crawling back into bed. Sticking the alarm way over in the other corner of the room so you have to get up to switch it off helps, but not much. I'll try splashing cold water on my face and then jumping straight into the shower, see if that does the trick.
That's the one great advantage of having a job. Fear of getting crapped on by the boss will get you out of bed no matter how tired you feel. But having discipline that depends on external factors is no discipline at all. You have to have it from within. I'm willing to use whatever helpful techniques I can to do this skillfully, but as I write these words, I can tell you that the only thing that's driving me is anger and frustration, motivators that are neither wholesome nor guaranteed to last.
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