Your pestering alarm goes off alerting you of the day you have ahead of yourself. All you want to do is snooze it and pretend that today was yesterday and throw your phone across the room. The light shining out of the window is beaming right into your eyes and you can't stop tossing and turning trying to go back to sleep. The idea of even moving to get out of bed overwhelms you and the lack of energy you have doesn't make it any better. We've all felt this at one point, right? But why is it that? Is it just because it's out of pure laziness? I beg to differ.
We all have different reasons. For myself, it's every reason you could ever think of. There are days where the last thing I want to do is get up and let alone talk to anyone. My mind shuts down and I immediately become a shut-in. It's almost feels like it's me against the world, but really, it's me against myself; fighting off whatever it is I'm fighting off. There are days where I'm just absolutely exhausted from the day before and if I need to sleep in until 12 in the afternoon, then I'm going to sleep in until 12 in the afternoon. There are days where I haven't had time to sleep in and now I do, so I'm gonna sleep in! And there are days where there's no reason to get up early because I don't have a class until 1:40 p.m. It's not laziness, I promise.
In all my life, I have never considered myself to be a morning person but I really wish I was. I prefer to stay up at night and go to bed late and sleep in until the majority of my day is gone. Honestly, it's become a problem. It's become a problem because it seems as if the days where I really sleep in late is when I have 10 different things to do and have them all done by 4 in the afternoon. Again, let me repeat, I don't choose to waste half of my day, I just keep sleeping until I wake up! It's really not laziness, I promise.
Even though I do sleep in and start my day later than I would like, I still think that doesn't make me lazy, despite popular opinion. I enjoy my sleep. I enjoy sleeping in and resting my head on my memory foam pillow. I enjoy being wrapped up like a burrito in my soft and fuzzy blankets. If sleeping for that extra hour means I'm going to have the best sleep of my life, then why not?
Sleeping in is a luxury and I intend to take full advantage of it when I can. For whatever reason you have for not getting out of bed, it's justified. Don't feel guilty or place that shame upon yourself. There's nothing wrong with staying in bed for an extra hour or two, especially if it's something you need to do. Whether it's because you feel super tired, too depressed, or just because you can, there's no reason to deny yourself of that right. So sleep in and sleep tight! And remember, it's not laziness, I promise.
