The alarm goes off. You can get up or stay in bed.

Sure, you can give yourself ten more minutes but that ten minutes becomes another ten, and another ten. Before you know it an hour has passed, or more.

The other choice is to get up straight away. Don’t allow yourself to think about it, make it automatic, a reaction to the sound of the alarm. The alarm sounds, you get out of bed. Go straight into a routine – exercise, shower, brush teeth – whatever you need to do, whatever order works for you.

You can either put off the day for later or embrace it. It’s the same with life. Wake up, you have a choice to make.