My parents would always scold me by saying ‘Why is it that you spend most of the time sleeping? Why do you sleep until in the late afternoon?’ I would give excuses such as ‘I slept late last night’ or ‘it’s a holiday, I should be enjoying my sleep.’
You see, my parents are the type
that sleeps at 10 o’clock in the night gets up as early as 5 in the morning. In
contrast, I would be the type who would sleep as late as 1 a.m. and get up as
early as 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. especially when I don’t have any activities to be
done during that day. I was enslaved to slumber.
Recently I have come to realize
that waking up later during the day is a few hours wasted. Many things can be
done during those hours instead of being in Slumberland. I am currently training
myself to sleep before 12 a.m. and wake up at 6 a.m. not only during weekdays
but also during weekends and public holidays. It’s all about discipline. A feeling of regret and disappointment will always
occupy within me if I fail to rise at 6 in the morning. Although there will
be days where I would sleep later than 12 a.m. and not being able to wake up at
6 a.m., at least it won’t be a frequent thing.
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