The alarm clock
Sometimes the thing we resist is exactly what gets us moving
An alarm helps if you want to get up early.
She had one of the old-but-new LED clocks. It had watched over her since college, a time when alarms might be missed—but she was too good for that.
Most of us need something to push against before our best work appears.
A presentation. A deadline. A difficult match or opposition. The threat of failure, or an upcoming contract review.
External pressures can help us dig deeper, find new resolve, and overcome self-doubt. Sometimes the thing we resist is exactly what gets us moving.
Maybe that’s why the alarm clock works?
It isn’t the sound that gets you out of bed. It’s knowing, somewhere inside, that you need to be somewhere.
Nick
