From dread to delight - a tale of how my alarm clock went from my enemy to my ally😁✨

My alarm went off again, and I had to snooze it angrily! Yes, I was the one who set it to that particular time, but can't it be disobedient for once!

I'm actually not in the mood for anything "work" right now. I just want to lay on the bed and sleep all day!

This alarm sef, is becoming a nuisance, I said in my mind. But I can't still put it off it at the same time, because it practically keeps me in check.

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This was me, a year ago. How i hate the alarm! The way it just jares me back to conciousness SUDDENLY give me headache!

Well, I would say my ex hostel mate contributed to my hating the alarm "thingy" in its entirety.

Because, tell me, how will you set an alarm to wake you up, and everyone will be woken up except you! And you see it as normal 🙂.

I practically wake up at any slightest noise, now imagine an alarming blaring in the hostel room. Arghhhhhh🙉!

It really affected my view on setting alarms, because I just sort of assumed it is just there to make unnecessary noise. And I still saw it as incompetent, because if you're really meant to wake people up, why do you wake up everyone else, and not the person that needs to be woken up.

LOL 😂. What a warped view.

Well, not until I decided to keep tabs on my activities and I decided to time myself each day, because I have come to realize overtime that, if I didn't organise my to-do, I'm definitely going to run through the day anyhow, and I won't still do half of what I'm meant to do.

So, I decided to give alarm a trial 🙈😂.

I started by setting alarm from my waking moment till late in the afternoon.

And it worked! I actually realize that timing myself, and having the alarm remind me at intervals that it is time to move to the next thing, actually worked🤸😃!

And gradually, I fell in love with it, and the previous experience i had of it, gradually left.

I could remember a day, like that, I was meant to be in a meeting with my HOD (Head of director), and I had to sleep at the same time, because prior to that time, I had to read over the night, exam was around the corner, so every corner has student trying to meet up with their academic books. So morning was always the sleeping time, well not for everyone though, but for me.

And I set the alarm to 15 minutes ahead of when I was to meet my head of directors, I also told my roommate to make sure they wake me up!

Imagine my shock, when I woke up, and I discovered that this people had left me in the room, all of them! Ha 🥺! I can't imagine what it would have been like, but my alarm came to the rescue 🙈❤️! Such a sweet soul. LOL.

I was able to meet my HOD, and guess what, he gave us a very vital information that if I had missed, would have affected me really bad.

That is just one out of the many times, alarm had come through for me.

I even remember cheating the alarm once🤤😝.

Yes na.

Before it rang, I was up and running already, I'm sure the poor thing will feel really bad that day, but then, we have chosen to be productive, so why not, doesn't matter who woke who, the goal is to be awake🤸😂!

So dear friend, need I remind you that alarm are not meant to wake you up alone, but to also help you time yourself to achieve more productive hours in the day.

It is an intentional act from my end, for someone who hated alarm a whole lot, but now, I can say that, it is one of my biggest time manager 🙈.

And the good part, you can actually use your favourite song to set your alarm.

Sweet Innit 😂🤸