What gets you out of bed in the morning?

Red Hand

Ha, well, as the title says, what makes you get up in the morning?

I read a book not so long ago called "Man's search for meaning" by Victor Frankl, a Doctor who survived the Holocaust, and he was of the opinion that people who have neglected the meaning in their lives become unhappy, depressed-whatever. This opinion was forged during his time in a number of camps, and he saw what effect meaning had on the inmate's lives.

So, besides the day to day drudgery of eating, working and sleeping, what gives your life meaning?*













*Before we start, yes indeed-my Ma, Atari Jaguar and "Shouldn't this be in the _________ forum?":)

Crucifix

I put my alarm on the other side of the room so I have to get up to turn it off.

bronte

Hmm, Love, Family, Friends, and my passion in life, Acting.
Not a lot will motivate me to leave the leaba on saturday morning.
I likes the lie-ins

Mr. Presentable

Knowing that the world will be a poorer place without me.

The_B_Man

sometimes i really need to pee bad!!

Galvasean

Literally? The need to pee.
Why do I go on with life? Simple, for fun!

Agamemnon

Crucifix wrote:

I put my alarm on the other side of the room so I have to get up to turn it off.

Me too, until one morning I knocked it off the wardrobe and it broke. Now I have two alarms set on my phone and I leave it on the windowsill at the other side of my room. I set it to play something really cheesy and embarrassing, like the Happy Days theme tune, so the shame will get me out of bed.

I put the phone on a pile of coins that rattle with the alarm vibrations. I also have to hit the snooze buttons a good five times for each alarm. All this and I still sleep in at least once a week. If I wasn't on flexitime, I would have been sacked long ago.

scojones

OP wrote:

So, besides the day to day drudgery of eating, working and sleeping, what gives your life meaning?*

I never knew alarm clocks gave so much meaning to people's lives.

Smellyirishman

TheVan wrote:

Yore Ma!!!
yes, first in!!!!

Damn, I knew I'd miss it. What a wasted trip.

But seriously, because life is F**KING BRILLIANT.

Zaph

What makes you think I get out of bed?

rain on

Usually my ma going 'YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR WORK'

Other than that.. well working and eating, ironically enough with regard to the OP's phrasing, definitely make life worth living -- I love my job, and there are few things I enjoy better than a good meal.

Also if I wasn't alive I could never listen to Slayer really loudly while driving again and that would be a tragedy for all concerned.

Rhyme

The knowledge that if i get the early train, i can leave work earlier.

Elessar

I honestly don't know.

My job for a start. Hate creating fuss so I don't ever be late. Plus I have a loan to pay off and it's a cushy job only ten minutes from home. It would suck if I had to drive back into the city each morning.

The fact that I am getting a BMW 3 series soon to replace my basic 1L Polo. Hurray!

The promise of a new day?

DonkeyStyle \o/

An uncomfortable bed and the urgent need to wee.
Seriously, if you have problems getting out of bed in the morning, buy a cheap bed... you'll never want 5 more minutes again.

little miss

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

An uncomfortable bed and the urgent need to wee.
Seriously, if you have problems getting out of bed in the morning, buy a cheap bed... you'll never want 5 more minutes again.

Too true! An uncomfortable bed is a definite incentive to get up.

scojones

What gets me up in the morning... Bills and loans to be honest. I'd love to be 15 again and have no responsibility but you have to get over that. I think if I didn't have any loans or bills I would find it harder to keep working. Are you happy in your current job OP?

Random

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

An uncomfortable bed and the urgent need to wee.
Seriously, if you have problems getting out of bed in the morning, buy a cheap bed... you'll never want 5 more minutes again.

You could be sleeping on nails ... the beds not generally an issue!

Kinetic^

Food is the only reason I get up in the morning.

Ruu_Old

Breakfast with wife, get to work and then have some fun afterwards. Generally not that difficult to get out of bed unless there is a few feet of snow outside. The bills won't pay themselves unfortunately.:(

Thrill

I like my job so I have no problems getting up in the morning. Anyway, you'd eventually have to go to the bog. Unless you were extremely lazy and went under the covers. Eewww

biko

The need to feed, or to pee. Whatever comes first.

challengemaster

scojones wrote:

What gets me up in the morning... Bills and loans to be honest. I'd love to be 15 again and have no responsibility but you have to get over that.

I'm lovin' it for ye

what gets me out of bed? normally someone has to phone me to wake me (alarms do _nothing_ anymore), however certain other things can wake me.. thoughts of people.. im sure someone whispering in my ear might do the trick too

why do i go on with life? everything happens for a reason

Dun laoire

Tissue.

As my good friend Liam Gallagher once sang "Whats the story morning glory yeeeeeaaaaaah"

scojones

challengemaster wrote:

I'm lovin' it for ye

what gets me out of bed? normally someone has to phone me to wake me (alarms do _nothing_ anymore), however certain other things can wake me.. thoughts of people.. im sure someone whispering in my ear might do the trick too

why do i go on with life? everything happens for a reason

Damn you! Ah you have some draw backs too dude! Mind you, here I am at 9.10 stuck in work. I should have left at nine. Ho...hum...:(

intheknow

Her Husband works the night shift..............

challengemaster

scojones wrote:

Damn you! Ah you have some draw backs too dude! Mind you, here I am at 9.10 stuck in work. I should have left at nine. Ho...hum...:(

awh *hugz*

girloperfection

work..because if i didnt get up i'd have no car!!

The Bollox

Crucifix wrote:

I put my alarm on the other side of the room so I have to get up to turn it off.

this used to work for me until I, sadly, conditioned myself to sleep through the monotinous beep! beep!

theTinker

The Bollox wrote:

this used to work for me until I, sadly, conditioned myself to sleep through the monotinous beep! beep!

I most definitely relate!

I used to put my phone on the wooden floor vibrating because it would wake the whole house up if i didnt get up straight away. I then lived in a karaoke bar for 3 months, now I dont even bat an eyelid if a bus beeps in my ear. Amazing what u can be conditioned to.

For me, Its a day closer to the weekend each time i do it, sooner i do it, the sooner the weekend comes
( My logic is flawless. please let me keep it.)

ctc_celtic

The Bollox wrote:

this used to work for me until I, sadly, conditioned myself to sleep through the monotinous beep! beep!

was just think about this last night as i was looking at the alarm clock and thinking, i'm going to set it, but i know i still wont wake up to turn it off. if i had next door neighbor's i'm sure it would wake them up, but me, dead to the world.

i dont normally start work till either 12pm or 3pm, and i usually get up those days at either 11.30pm or 2.00pm. but my day off i get up around 10am. says alot about my job:(

Thrill

girloperfection wrote:

work..because if i didnt get up i'd have no car!!

If you didnt get up, you wouldnt need one.:)

nervous_twitch

Crucifix wrote:

I put my alarm on the other side of the room so I have to get up to turn it off.

This used to work for me too; now I get up, walk to the other side of the room, turn it off and climb back into bed.. usually with no recollection of this a few hours later when I realised I've missed a whole day in college

Zombienosh

firstly, breakfast... then work..... then drinks or music.... but mostly just breakfast

Z

I think the OP means deeper, more meaningful things than "GF pushes me outta bed for work" responses!

thelordofcheese

They probably shouldn't have posted the topic in AH then

phasers

I have to share 1 box of coco pops with my 3 brothers

so I have to get up sharpish if I don't want rice krispies

Acid_Violet

Breakfast, my family nagging/berrating me to get out of bed or the thoughts of meeting friends later that day.

petes

Work unfortunately. But this morning I woke and said "feck it". I was almost an hour late. All because I wanted another twenty minutes in bed. Only other reason to get up is a girl beside you wanting attention.

matrim

nervous_twitch wrote:

This used to work for me too; now I get up, walk to the other side of the room, turn it off and climb back into bed.. usually with no recollection of this a few hours later when I realised I've missed a whole day in college

I'm the same. I get up turn off the alarm and go back to bed after turning on the shower. My second alarm goes off about 20 minutes later and I get up walk across the room and put it on snooze before going back to bed (This normally happens at least 3 times).

ShowUsYourXbox

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote:

What gets you out of bed in the morning?

My girlfriend, she's hates the idea of me being late for work

Mr. CooL ICE

Yore ma!





I never thought I would sink that low

Tar.Aldarion

Because my life is brilliant, I feel the need to live it.

Duggy747

The weight of the world crushing my spirit every day and the drudgery of mundane day after day after day of meaningless, unbearable pain that is my pathetic life.....

Other than that life is too good to stay in bed, except for Saturdays & Sundays when I get to have a lie-in from working all week and the resulting weekend piss-up!

zuutroy

I get up mostly just to see what happens, and have a bit of a feck around and a laugh.

eurotrotter

each day i get up out of bed and 'off my arse' is a day closer to where i want to be.

Dublin1983

ur ma

Red Hand

scojones wrote:

What gets me up in the morning... Bills and loans to be honest. I'd love to be 15 again and have no responsibility but you have to get over that. I think if I didn't have any loans or bills I would find it harder to keep working. Are you happy in your current job OP?

Ha, well, I quit not so long ago cause I was very unhappy doing it. Good at what I did but unhappy. Being asked to name 5 things I loved about the company by my manager during a yearly review didn't help either, especially the last question when he asked "when you get up in the morning, do you go "OH MY GOD, YES! Another day at ______!!!"" (He was earnest asking it!) I answered the first 4 as positively as I could but almost lol'ed at him for the last one.:)

So no, the career I chose isn't exactly something that would excite you in the morn.:)

Caliden

LordChessington wrote:

Yore ma!





I never thought I would sink that low

maybe you should make yourself feel better by shooting yourself in the face?

Also nothing would get me out of bed in the morning if I had it my way.

Skip Work!

theTinker wrote:

I most definitely relate!

I used to put my phone on the wooden floor vibrating because it would wake the whole house up if i didnt get up straight away. I then lived in a karaoke bar for 3 months, now I dont even bat an eyelid if a bus beeps in my ear. Amazing what u can be conditioned to.

For me, Its a day closer to the weekend each time i do it, sooner i do it, the sooner the weekend comes
( My logic is flawless. please let me keep it.)

I totally agree with this logic . . . tis the only thing that gets me up in the morn!!

Steve_o

I get up to see whats gonna happen, maybe something interesting, maybe (usually) not.....and also if i dont get up, my bed will be taken away and replaced by a sleeping back and the steps of the customs house!!!

Blush_01

Nothing seems to get me out of bed these days unless I've had 9-12 hours sleep. It's really fcuking annoying! I only ever get up before 9 on days when I have work, but they're fewer and further between these days because of the old deadline looming... eek!

My reason for living? Juicy Fruit Strappleberry. How deep and meaningful.