[freework]

My high school started at I think 6:45. I would set my alarm for 6:00, but would hit the snooze button a few times until about I think something like 6:20 when I had to absolutely get up. I knew that if I got out of bed at 6:21 or 6:22, I would have to rush to get to school on time. 6:20 was the exact latest time I could wake up without rushing. I had the times down to the minute. Every morning was a struggle to get out of bed. I never got used to it.

Now as an adult, I work from home, so I wake up and go to sleep whenever I want. If I want to wake up at 3PM and go to bed at 5AM, I can do that with no consequence. It's amazing. These days I occasionally have to wake up early, but when I do, I have no problem doing so. I think it's because if I'm waking up early these days, it's because I'm doing something special that I want to do, like traveling. This makes be think think the reason why I had such trouble waking up as a teenager was because I just hated school so much.