Sleep comes easy here..I have been known to sleep frozen in positions mid-activity..so any day the almighty administration spares us the torture of sitting through lectures (which are getting quite fun, btw..I shall elaborate on them in another post)..is Holi, Eid, Diwali and Christmas to boot, for us deprived souls!
Cut to yesterday night..couldn't sleep before 4:45 AM as usual..some arbit internet surfing after grappling with a Corp Fin project for three hours and finally, the eyes cannot stay open any longer..I hit the sack..but wait, there's a subtle difference..I have decided to wake up early..inspite of there being no 'compelling logic' to do so!
Will I be able to do it? It is no minimum feat..ordinarily, I cannot wake up without somebody calling me up..I sleep like the dead, when I do sleep..nobody is gonna wake me up tomorrow, everybody wants to sleep till late..the alarm? Haah!! The alarm does not get 'footage' from me anymore..
With that thought in mind, I go to sleep..
Zoom to today..Miracle of miracles!! The alarm did manage to wake me up!! 7:30 AM..awesome!! I wake up..I am happy, excited, the world seems like a beautiful place..I go down for breakfast..on the way, wake one of my friends up and drag him down to breakfast too..u see, breakfast is one of the best things about IIM Bangalore..
I have the most leisurely breakfast..peppered with stimulating conversation :) I head out for a walk and appreciate the morning hour..dewy flowers, cloudy skies, cycles, mini vans etc making a bee line for the mess to deliver the day's supplies..some professors and their wives on their daily morning walks..heavenly!
Most of all, I savor the feeling that I have the entire day before me..there are quite a few commitments..but the thought of having 'stolen' so much time for myself, is putting me on an unbelievable high..
After breakfast, I easily spent one of the happiest hours of my life here at IIM Bangalore..I cranked up the music..tuned up my vocal cords and guess wat? Never mind, you will never be able to guess.."I cleaned my room"!! I dusted the mattresses, broke the cobwebs, put up some more pictures on the walls, did jhaadoo and stopped short of pochha ;)
With my room shining spick and span..my dil went hmmmm..and I decided then and there, no more late mornings for me..
Early to bed naa sahi..at least early to rise..hopefully it will make me half as healthy, wealthy and wise ;)
Good one DR... U doin a Cameron Diaz in Charlie's Agels by dancin to some music n doin jhaadu :)... cool !!
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah i agree gettin up early in the mornin rocks... i do that all the time... the world looks good early in the mornin :)!!
ReplyDeletei tried something new this week. sleeping at 7 am.. :-)
ReplyDeletedidnt quite have the same charm!
I dint read the blog, but was reading comments.. Using the opposite approach as recommended by our own Mr Kalaam.
ReplyDeleteSo basically, looks like the blog is about waking up early and hate to wake up early but due to some item called body clock, i automatically have started waking up early and I like the feeling!