It’s not the time of the morning you wake up, it’s the time it takes you to spring from bed into action.

But how is one going to spring into action, if one can’t find a reason to get out of bed?

What gets you out of bed? There seems to be a spectrum, let us list it.

What gets me out of bed*, from dysfunctional to functional:

  1. Threat or danger
  2. Routine
  3. Obligation
  4. Boredom
  5. Commitment
  6. Duty
  7. Motivation
  8. Inspiration
  • Discounting bodily function

I think it’s valid to aim for eight, don’t you think?

People think they must choose one single thing to chase their entire life, so they may say “my reason to get out of bed is to become rich”, and great many have squandered their lives in this way. But the same can be said out of anything that doesn’t come out of a deeper inner understanding.

One’s reason to get out of bed can be transitory. It can (and often should) last one day. For example: I must pick up my mother at the airport. But normal days, one ought to open his or her eyes and think _Ah, this is why I’m doing this, let’s get started”.