Rationlisation

It’s been bugging me a lot lately.

It’s that if I need to rise from sleep early for either work or a training session, it is simple, and I never miss a beat.

Even if I didn’t get much sleep the night before.

On the other hand, if there is no specific motivation to rise, then my brain proceeds to rationalise the decision to continue sleeping.

It rationalizes, to stay in the comfortable warm position, under the covers, while it’s still dark outside.

I like to think I am strong willed and have discipline, but I am also a normal human being.

I, like everyone else on this planet, succumb and become victim to this unbearable force.

It also doesn’t necessarily help.

It’s almost like if there isn’t any motivation that I was to let someone down by not arriving to work or to scheduled training.

As each sequential alarm is snoozed, the justifications become more frequent.

Why would I set my alarm so early?

Why do I have to get up?

Why can’t I do ‘X’, ‘Y’ or ‘Z’ later today or even worse tomorrow?

Why am I doing this?

“I’ll definitely get up tomorrow”.

One of the worst of them all.

Finally, there isn’t anyone at my bed holding a gun against me head, so it’s okay, right?

The sun will always rise again tomorrow.