When I was in college I would set my alarm clock across the room, on a desk, so that I would not "hit the snooze button" and fall back asleep. Now, to be honest, there was no "snooze" button because it was a wind-up clock along the lines of what you see pictured above. However, the idea was the same - turn it off and get up in a few more minutes.
I'll be honest, I have never quite understood why someone sets an alarm knowing that they will hit the snooze button 3, 4 or maybe even 5 times before getting up. They know that, they plan their time (initial alarm) accordingly. Me? Why not just set the alarm for whatever time it will be when you finally get up? Why not sleep through the interruptions that come with that alarm going off again and again and again?
For many, it's a very misleading statement when they say, "Yeah, I have my alarm set for 5:30 a.m. everyday!" while, by the time they get done hitting the snooze button, it's 6:15 a.m. before they finally get out of bed!
New Year's Resolutions are much the same Oh sure, the "snooze button" setting is in months instead of minutes, but the result is the same.
"Starting tomorrow I"m going to _________________ (you fill in the blank)!"
Maybe that person WILL actually follow through with that resolution for a few days or even a month. According to an article on this very thing, "only 64 percent last longer than the first month, and only 46 percent last longer than six months."
And yet, after hitting the "snooze button" on whatever the resolution was for eleven months (for some) they will do it all over again the following year.
A couple of weeks ago I began a series on the importance and necessity of TAKING ACTION. You can start with the first article in that series by CLICKING HERE. Then, last week, I started another series on how important for each of us to be the very best that we can be - to live OUR purpose. You can CLICK HERE for that beginning article.
After hopefully agreeing that we MUST have DAILY ACTION as a part of our lives and, after also hopefully understanding that we MUST live our lives to our full potential, then the only question that remains is - WHEN?
My guess is that, most of us, if not all of us, can all look back and see evidence of times when we had "planned to start but never did" or "got started but never finished". And, though it is painful to take a look at those situations, we must do so for TWO main reasons.
1. Acknowledge these failures but don't continue to dwell on them. LEARN and MOVE ON!
2. Use them as a "fire" that serves as fuel for an ignited flame of DETERMINATION to NEVER REPEAT those failed actions!
Hitting the "snooze button" is easy...TAKING ACTION is not always so easy.
So, as Mel Robbins said in the quote in the above graphic, "THE TIME IS NOW".
Join me in my next article as we consider the topic, "Growing or Rotting?" and, until then, whatever you do, always be sure to...
"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"
Mike
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