OK, so I have a new plan of attack. Jumping up when my alarm goes off has never been a problem. (Mostly because I never actually fall asleep.) The problem has been not staying up long enough to resist the temptation of going back to sleep. So my new plan is:
- Jump out of bed to turn off alarm.
- Leave the bedroom immediately, and make a complicated beverage in the kitchen.
- Blog about my current condition.
This will keep me awake and active long enough to shake off any haze I might have from trying to fall asleep. It remains to be seen if I can get through the sheer exhaustion that will occur in a couple of hours.
Today I tried staying up all day and starting my first nap after I felt tired; it didn’t result in me falling asleep, but I’m hoping that resigning myself to a “cold turkey” start, combined with my experience in the past two days, should help me get over the hump. Who knows. Not me.
So far so good, though. I’ve got a bodum full of Gunpowder Mint tea brewing in the background, and this post has perked me up a bit.
I can hear morning transport trains rumbling through downtown ten blocks north of me. The sun will be coming up soon, and I’ll get to watch the city wake up again.
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