Sleep is for the weak

Anyone who's worked with me knows that I'm not always on time. Okay, that's perhaps a little mild. Sometimes, when I was aiming for a 9 am start time, I lay in bed for so long that I didn't get to work until after midday. It was too hard to get up.

I didn't dread my job or anything -- it was just incredibly difficult to physically sit up. I would just lie awake in bed for hours, willing myself to get up; watching the clock tick past nine, past ten... I would curse myself out loud but still only manage to roll onto my side.

I'm much better now, thankfully -- it's difficult to pin down exactly why. Steve Pavlina, in his article How to become an early riser offers some straightforward tips on getting sorted.