The Crazy alarm

Lets go and meet other friend(s). Seat back on scooty and hold firmly. Just don't tilt toward right when I am speeding. Trrrrrringgg! This music is nice. Where is this sound coming from? 

Sound  emanates, incessantly, until you figure out the source, its your wise and deadly alarm. Never it misses to barge in your dear sleep. You got to wake up. Cursing why you had set up alarm in half awakened state, with that vanishes away your dream. You rarely see these days, don't you? Hands desperate to press any button that can mute it, snap, you pull back blanket and start thinking about the dream again. Ensconced as if you will never have to wake up, but never does that happen, back again, this time the evil alarm drags you back from your delightful sleep. Heck, how many alarms did I set up?   
10 minutes, that little duration is the one we relish, we set out alarm 10 mins before, we owe ourselves that sleep. After all the dreams we see when wide awake, we require those 10 minutes, to dream them again and tirelessly chase them.

This post comes after too many experiences of laziness tied with alarm. Not a day, never ever we have not repeated this activity religiously. Call it your most important day of your life or any trivial day. 
How can you not recall your fight with alarm during (un)pleasant exams? Just 10 more minutes and I'll revise. By the time those heavenly 10 minutes are over you have had 40 or more minutes of sleep. Fumbling, gaining sense of time; your as always exam preparations. Swearing on day's exam, you promise yourself, darn, next time, I'll have 2 more alarms. One 10 mins before and other 15 mins after the actual time. And the saga continues.

Gone are those days! you moved on so did the life, now, you wrestle with alarm for office, and job. 
For those 10 minutes, we have surplus excuses. Monday, weekend passed so swiftly. Laziness has penetrated into your mind, Sunday was to blame of it. Tuesday, I had a rough day with other team yesterday. Wednesday, I'm having the worst week ever. Thursday, I've an important meeting today. Friday, don't want to go today. If there's work on Saturday, can't I be fortunate enough to sleep another 10 minutes? - in the end, having defeated drowsiness, day kicks start. 
Every new week, a new and genuine excuse we have framed up before going to bed. Pick any other instance, a flight to catch, train to board or a your poor friend to pick. Those 10 minutes have always been the barrier for your arrival just on time. Sleeping an hour or any number of minutes before doesn't really count. 

Sunday, new strategy grips you, plan it accordingly, moment by moment; schedule is scribbled down. Feeling confident to wake on time, we plunge into sleep. And week commences its magic, needless to say - full of surprises and inculcating you to overcome new obstacles en-route to your destination!

You snooze and you lose. 

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