You’re asleep, but some part of you is awake. You’re aware of what’s coming, but part of you is pretending you have more time left before the alarm goes off. Your phone lights up just a second before that irritating sound starts, the awake portion of your brain sees the glow through your eye lids. Then it starts; that sound you’ve come to despise. Your alarm. It’s 4:00AM. It’s 4:00AM.
It begins again. Your brain starts an internal battle. “I’m too tired. I need to sleep. I can do this tomorrow. I had a bad day yesterday. I’m sore. I shouldn’t work out again so soon. I can have a rest day and skip today. I really need another hour of sleep.” There’s a million reasons rolling through the caverns of your groggy mind, a million reasons not to get up. You don’t want to do this right now. Now is never a good time, is it? You roll over in the bed but don’t turn off the alarm. You know if you turn it off the battle raging in your mind is over. The part of you that got you here in the first place will win. There won’t be an internal battle anymore, there will just be submission. It’s 4:00AM. Go back to sleep. Turn off the alarm. “I can’t do this shit today. I was good yesterday so I can justify it.” You roll over again, facing the glow of your phone. The alarm is still going off. That sound you’ve come to despise. Your bed is so warm. So comfortable. But comfort is dangerous isn’t it? Comfort is how you got here. There’s a million reasons to turn off the alarm. There’s only one reason to listen to it. You told yourself you were going to do this. Weather it was the first time, or the hundredth time, the thousandth or millionth time it doesn’t matter. If you don’t do this, you’ll feel guilty for the rest of the day. You’ll feel guilty because you know you’ve let yourself down if you quit. An hour of sleep sounds amazing, but it’s just an hour of sleep. You could be doing something with that hour. You could be fighting.
You pick up the phone and stare at the screen one last time. Swipe left to snooze. Swipe right to turn it off. The last thought occurs to you, for the last time. “I don’t have to do this.” And you know what? You’re right. You don’t. You can stay in bed. You can curl up and squeeze that pillow and drift off back to sleep and maybe even have a short dream. Or you can get the fuck up and lay another brick on the foundation of the dream you’re building for real. You swipe right. You sit the phone down on the night stand and you sit up. If you want this, you make a sacrifice. Fuck an hour of sleep. Do you know what you could do with an hour? The cardio you promised yourself you were going to do, and you could prepare your lunch for the day. You could set yourself up for success. You can lay another brick today. You burn calories, and release yourself from the hell you put yourself in. You can prove them wrong. You can say no to all the temptation. You can show people around you how YOU CHOOSE to live. You can set an example for the weaker people around you, show them what strength looks like. You aren’t born with it. You develop it. You CHOOSE it. No, it’s just a burger. No, it’s just a beer. No, it’s just pizza. It does look good though. You know what looks better? Pride. Pride in that you CHOSE how to live your life today. Pride in that you DIDN’T GIVE UP when you wanted to. You got out of bed. Put on your fucking socks and those god damn shoes, for the millionth time, and realize that THIS moment is the one moment of many where you sacrifice who you are, for who you want to become. You shine when others are dull. You light up the darkness because you can’t give up. You don’t know how to give up anymore, do you? You set out to be a better you. The smaller jeans are great. The slimmer profile in the mirror is great. But the most valuable part of this is that you’re reshaping who you are as a human being.
It’s 4:00AM. This is the time when winners wake up. This is the time when winners sacrifice. You look around you and see everyone else sleeping. Comfort is for the comfortable isn’t it? Comfort is for the quitters. Pain is for those who are ready to become greater. Welcome it. It’s good to see you again, pain. You’re here to help remind me that I don’t fucking quit. That winners don’t quit. On the other side of pain and sacrifice is success. On the other side of success is your goal. On the other side of your goal is another goal, because you will never be satisfied with settling. This will change who you are forever. 4:00AM is your time to reshape your life.
It’s 4:00AM. Thank god.
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