At eight in the morning, incoherent and not fully aware of where I was, I reached over to hit snooze on my alarm clock. The room was dark, the bed was warm, and I was nowhere near ready to wake up. So, ten minutes later, another snooze. I repeated this cycle for the next hour until my alarm gave up. I don’t remember any of it, but I didn't get out of bed until eleven thirty, so I have to assume that’s how it all went down. My thought process when setting the alarm the night before went like this:
Get a solid eight hours of sleep.
Wake up well rested.
Get a head start on initiating a new morning routine.
What are you doing after work today?
Although you may not know exactly what will happen, you know that you won’t be working. If you’re still working in an office despite the pandemic, you’ll definitely be leaving. Snag your cell phone from its charging cable, cram your things into a bag of some sort, say goodbye, or not, to co-workers who are still lingering, and leave.
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