THE 5 STAGES OF WAKING UP
Remember back in high school when waking up was a split second thing? Because the deputy headteacher or whoever would come inside the dorms whacking everybody with a metal rod if the siren (read bell, if you were in a slightly good school) stopped wailing and you are still in bed. The sound of the siren would start a chain reaction in your body causing your adrenaline to spike up at 5 am in the freaking morning. You would get out of bed, stop dreaming put on the shoes ( you slept in your uniform), open your eyes then run to class. And not necessarily in that order. Man , years after finishing high school a siren still drains my adrenaline.
If you never had such an experience, then you must have gone to an expensive school. Or you are the few lot that set an alarm clock to wake you earlier than the siren so that no surprises and no waste of adrenaline which you would use later to run away from those senior bullies during Beef Tuesday.
Anyway, now there is no that stress and I have joined the rest of humanity in the daily ritual of waking up. If you have just joined the rest of us, here is a simple guide on the five stages of waking up.
1. PAUSING DREAM
This is the first step and it involves stopping whatever it is that you were dreaming about. Preferably at a place where you can pick up the following night. Unfortunately, not everyone has this ability. Some people just cannot control themselves
2. REVIEWING DREAM
This involves thinking about the dream you just had and trying to figure out what it meant. maybe forcibly translate it to mean that Suzie next door also has a secret crush on you and that if you go to her today and pour out your heart you will definitely get laid
3.DEBATE ON WHY TO WAKE UP
Here is where you search deep within yourself for a good reason to wake up. Think of how getting out of bed might be beneficial to you. Weigh the pros and cons of getting out of bed and decide. If the cons outweigh the pros, then go back to sleep and resume the dream. If the pros outweigh the cons, proceed to step 4.
4. ACTIVATE YOUR SENSES
Here is where you switch on your sensory organs one by one. They will help you on redebating the reason for waking up.
You can now open the eyes to view how beautiful the day is. What you see can also determine whether to complete the waking up process. For instance, this is how I do it.If its midday on a weekend and I see the rain, I switch on my nose and confirm that I smell the water in the air. But just to be sure, I opens my ear, preferably not the one covered by the pillow, and listen for the sound of droplets hitting the roof. The final proof is when I turn on my touch and feel cold. Then I shut down the organs and resume the Suzie Dream.
5. GET OUT OF BED
But if everything else points to it being a superb and awesome day, then switch on all the other organs and get out of bed and enjoy the thought of Suzie actually noticing you before you sip your hot coffee which STUNS you awake and away from that fantasy. Then proceed with your activities until you fall asleep again which is when you resume your dream, if it is resumable. If its not, start a new one and try as much as possible to go for the one with Suzie in it.
On average the waking up process takes 30 to 45 minutes and is a culture that I am getting used to now that I am not in high school. A summarized version of the process is as follows
IF YOU HAVE JUST WOKEN UP FROM A GREAT DREAM, YOU CAN EITHER GO BACK TO SLEEP AND CONTINUE ENJOYING IT, OR GET OUT OF BED AND CHASE THE DREAM.
If you never had such an experience, then you must have gone to an expensive school. Or you are the few lot that set an alarm clock to wake you earlier than the siren so that no surprises and no waste of adrenaline which you would use later to run away from those senior bullies during Beef Tuesday.
Anyway, now there is no that stress and I have joined the rest of humanity in the daily ritual of waking up. If you have just joined the rest of us, here is a simple guide on the five stages of waking up.
1. PAUSING DREAM
This is the first step and it involves stopping whatever it is that you were dreaming about. Preferably at a place where you can pick up the following night. Unfortunately, not everyone has this ability. Some people just cannot control themselves
2. REVIEWING DREAM
This involves thinking about the dream you just had and trying to figure out what it meant. maybe forcibly translate it to mean that Suzie next door also has a secret crush on you and that if you go to her today and pour out your heart you will definitely get laid
3.DEBATE ON WHY TO WAKE UP
Here is where you search deep within yourself for a good reason to wake up. Think of how getting out of bed might be beneficial to you. Weigh the pros and cons of getting out of bed and decide. If the cons outweigh the pros, then go back to sleep and resume the dream. If the pros outweigh the cons, proceed to step 4.
4. ACTIVATE YOUR SENSES
Here is where you switch on your sensory organs one by one. They will help you on redebating the reason for waking up.
You can now open the eyes to view how beautiful the day is. What you see can also determine whether to complete the waking up process. For instance, this is how I do it.If its midday on a weekend and I see the rain, I switch on my nose and confirm that I smell the water in the air. But just to be sure, I opens my ear, preferably not the one covered by the pillow, and listen for the sound of droplets hitting the roof. The final proof is when I turn on my touch and feel cold. Then I shut down the organs and resume the Suzie Dream.
5. GET OUT OF BED
But if everything else points to it being a superb and awesome day, then switch on all the other organs and get out of bed and enjoy the thought of Suzie actually noticing you before you sip your hot coffee which STUNS you awake and away from that fantasy. Then proceed with your activities until you fall asleep again which is when you resume your dream, if it is resumable. If its not, start a new one and try as much as possible to go for the one with Suzie in it.
On average the waking up process takes 30 to 45 minutes and is a culture that I am getting used to now that I am not in high school. A summarized version of the process is as follows
IF YOU HAVE JUST WOKEN UP FROM A GREAT DREAM, YOU CAN EITHER GO BACK TO SLEEP AND CONTINUE ENJOYING IT, OR GET OUT OF BED AND CHASE THE DREAM.
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