Don’t want to get out of bed in the morning? Welcome to the club. Don’t feel like getting your homework done? Sick, I don’t either. Don’t feel like going to the gym? Are you going to complain or go?

For the most part, the things that you need to get done are never enjoyable. They never are exciting to accomplish, so you have trouble starting them. The real problem is that you’re wasting your own time. When you put off getting up in the morning you lose another half hour of your day. All you’re doing is smacking the snooze button and gaining nothing. Lying in your bed for another half hour does nothing. If you’re going to get up at some point why not do it right away?

When I wake up in the morning I turn off my alarm before the second buzz even starts. I sit up…