The 6:30 Alarm Clock

The most important step of my morning routine is lying to myself.

Every morning I make an internal oath that I will wake up at that 6:00 first alarm,

But I always seem to snooze to 6:30.

The way I see it, either way I am making myself happy.

If I snooze for thirty minutes I get praise myself for the ability to get ready quickly,

And on the rare days I wake up at 6, I praise myself for finally getting my life together.

Sometimes this is a cause for concern for me.

I like waking up to the happiness that will surely start my day,

The unavoidable win-win situation, but should lying to yourself ever be a cause for celebration?

I would love to wake up to the sound of chirping birds but this isn’t my reality.

I wake up to a wild groan and an angry push of a button, to “please make that horrible sound stop”,

But if I look at it as a win-win situation, does it really matter that it isn’t perfect?

This is the reason that I get up in the morning.

I know that no matter what the day holds, a 6:00 or 6:30 alarm clock day,

If I am happy with myself, that all will be okay.