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I couldn't resist. I like you guys. And it's so nice to escape to a safe space after churning out 8 pgs of research paper, dissolving into tears over it in the arms of a totally supportive boyfriend, and returning to it skeptical that is has anything of value to offer anyone.
So the Q is...
How do you get up in the morning? Is it difficult to face the day or thrilling? Do you have any tricks or routines?
I anticipate a struggle tomorrow morning, the goal of 8 more hours of input looming. Generally, during the snooze butt routine, I cycle through conversations with myself until I find one that compels me to climb out of bed and into the shower. It could be as simple as promising a homemade cheese waffle, or getting to wear a new scarf, or remembering a new episode of 30Rock would be available.
Other times (like this morning) I can't stay under the covers another minute - the muse is calling. I have to hurry to jot down what she is offering me, before is vanishes. And HOTDAMN how fast her shadow passes. Sometimes, once I finally get a pen in my hand, I sit and sit and sit and KNOW I had it just a second ago, but can't for the life of me find it now! The sudden answer, sentence, name of a source. I'm getting quicker though. It's the only way.
The silliest trick I've ever used to make morning productive was to hide a Hershey's kiss under my pillow & eat it when my alarm went off. That is literally the only way I could face 430am with my tennis shoes for a pre-work power walk. Who does that?
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That's a great idea. The Hershey's kiss. I wait until I am just barely not going to be late for work. As long as possible. I will lie there for forty minutes, awake, in denial that another day is here.
ReplyDeleteMmm... I had a great dream as I was snoozing this morning. Great (not in that I was in a tropical destination with a stallion and champagne) in that it gave me a metaphor for the disorientation I feel in being someone's girlfriend. I OFTEN get great metaphor dreams during the snooze cycle that help me make sense of my situations. I love that conversation between the unconscious & the conscious. :)
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