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1479 sats \ 124 comments \ @DesertDave 21 Sep alter_native

I am big dreamer. I absolutely love sleeping. I have intense vivid dreams. Even the darker ones are exciting to me. Sometimes I am in control, while knowing I am dreaming. It's like a magical limitless playground. I really enjoy this. So waking up sometimes feels challenging even though my life is beautiful. Sometimes I want to sleep forever.

It used to be my job or school that got me out of bed, with an alarm of course. Other times, it was about my kids. Even drinking morning coffee has been a reason to get up. Now non of these apply, it's hard to get motivated to get moving. There is nothing outside of my own will to move me. Once I am up and moving, I can really enjoy my day. It seems obvious to say "just do it", and move but I struggle with that.

So, I ask, what gets you up in the morning? Does anyone else have lucid dreams? Is sleeping exciting for you? Do you wake up excited to get moving or is there some outside force that pulls you? I love to hear from you all.

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141 sats \ 5 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Alright. I'm going to drink some green tea, with oatmilk, no sugar and I am going to get to work, now!!! I will not refresh every 30 seconds all day. I won't do it!!! God help me

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei 22 Sep

What’s on your to-do list today?

45 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

Relax mostly. My wife it gone so I am taking time for me. Mostly I have been on here to be honest. About to ride my dirt bike to the neighbors and hang out. Lazy day.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 22 Sep

I love how you put relaxation as the agenda!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

It's a must

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Recongraves 21 Sep

Too true😅

187 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Sep

There is literally an outside force that pushes me out of bed. It's an impatient four-year-old girl who want to watch cartoons.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I miss those days. Kids are so awesome. Exploding with energy and excitement always.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 21 Sep

😂😂

281 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 21 Sep

My wife wakes up early every morning. So usually I hear her rustling around. If not then I usually wake up when I hear her taking the dog out. I will go back to sleep but then usually wake up again shortly after. If it were solely up to me I would happily stay up until 3am and get up at 10am every day but usually I go to sleep around 2am and wake up sometime between 8 and 9am.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

My wife helps me so much. She has been gone for a few days and I have noticed a big difference. Thats why I am posting this now. She keeps me grounded. I struggle to find stricture without here. Thank God for my wife. She will be back soon. I suppose she gets me up out of bed now in general.

63 sats \ 17 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Sep

It's me who gets up myself. There's noone and nothing can get me up. I'm not tied to anything for getting up. I'm a rigid sleeper. I love sleeping, though I only sleeps 4 to 5 hours daily.

20 sats \ 16 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

So you are just automatically excited for the day then? I have a hard time with the transition. I don't know why?

42 sats \ 15 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Sep

Sleeping is like a habit. You can change it if you practice. I've seen both people sleeping 9 and 10 hours still feeling lazy and some have hardly slept 5 hours and look as energetic as ever.

So, I'd suggest you practicing yoga before and after sleep.

20 sats \ 14 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

My wife would suggest the same thing. She is a yoga teacher. Been practicing her whole life. Maybe I should listen.

32 sats \ 13 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Sep

You should otherwise one day you'll be old and your wife will still be fitter and younger.

20 sats \ 12 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I know. And she is 10 years younger already.

22 sats \ 11 replies \ @Coinsreporter 21 Sep

Damn! 🙄 Mine is 12.

10 sats \ 10 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Way to go. I think this is natural. Woman mature faster right?

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54 sats \ 8 replies \ @DEADBEEF 21 Sep

I don’t dream or at least I never remember them. When I go to sleep I experience nothing and then it’s time to get up and repeat the drudgery of the day all over again. If I didn’t have to go to work or get my kids off to school, I’d probably just stay in bed all day since most days I wake up with stress headaches.

10 sats \ 7 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Interesting. I wonder if that means you don't dream or just don't remember your dreams. When I smoked pot daily in the past, I never remember dreams. You said your days are drudgery. So it is only outside forces that move you out of bed. Is your life not what you want it to be?

11 sats \ 6 replies \ @DEADBEEF 21 Sep

Yeah, life has been rough the last few years. It has pretty much just been work and struggling to take care of my family and household chores on far too little sleep everyday.

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I feel you. That sounds rough. Keep it up. Trust it will get better. And it will. Life comes in waves. Sometimes it is hard. Keep the faith.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 21 Sep

That’s what I keep telling myself though it is getting harder to believe.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Why the name deadbeef?

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @DEADBEEF 21 Sep

Because of this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(programming)#DEADBEEF

Though I guess it kind of reflects how I’ve felt lately.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Well I look forward to you feeling alive. Tides will turn.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Wow, I never could have guessed that. I was thinking it was because you were a fan of the carnivore diet or something. I am a big fan of magic numbers.

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheMorningStar 21 Sep

The Sun It straight away falls on my bed through the window.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

That's a beautiful answer. We should all be so grateful for the sun. Generally we take it for granted.

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE 21 Sep

My father wakes me up in the morning generally. But sometimes I get up own my own if I sleep early. I've no hard and fast rules about when to sleep and when to wake. I take it more naturally. If I sleep more, I think it was required. If less, it was not required. Yes, after waking up, I drink 1 glass of lukewarm water.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I like that approach. I think too many people force themselves into a rigid sleep schedule. Sometimes I need more rest. Sometimes less. Good idea on the water. I have heard cold water is hard on the system first thing. And most people go straight to a stimulating drink. Sound like you have a solid non-ritual ritual.

33 sats \ 5 replies \ @Athena 21 Sep

My cup of tea

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I am switching from coffee to tea. So much more mellow. I think I can learn to love this.

22 sats \ 3 replies \ @Athena 21 Sep

You should try. There are many varieties available in tea.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

That's true. Lots of options. Mix it up versus just having the same coffee everyday. 🙏

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @Athena 21 Sep

Ginger tea with Tulsi is my favourite tea. You should try it. Very good for health as well

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Sounds good. Probably would help my guy feel better in the morning. I often feel acidic or something first thing.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @JesseJames 21 Sep

...gotta take a piss... lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Wow. So simple. I usually do to.. and often I go back to bed though. Maybe I just make a rule, once I'm up, stay up?

110 sats \ 2 replies \ @thebitcoindatingcoach 23 Sep

That's pretty neat that you have intense, vivid dreams that excites you and is almost like a portal to the playground that you described. I could see how makes it hard to want to get up when you're playing in a playground!

I don't have lucid dreams, and sleeping to me is more for rest and recovery so my body can heal and restore itself so I have the energy to get up and live my life. Generally, I wake up excited to get moving! I wake up excited to start my morning routine and get my day started. Mornings are my favorite because there is so much possibility for the rest of the day - you never know what can unfold. It's like a mini reset every single day which is super exciting to me.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave OP 23 Sep

I will get back there. I have been going through a lot of inner work and expansion. It's beautiful but challenging at times. Life is such a trip..

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @thebitcoindatingcoach 23 Sep

That makes sense, and it sounds like you've found a sense of safety in the dreams. Agreed with life being both beautiful and challenging at times! Good for you for undergoing this personal development work 👏

110 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 22 Sep

Broadly speaking, I’m on a mission to declutter my life this year. Recycle books, organise and then delete photos on my phone, input my feelings about them on my blog

Some time in the future, my life will have lots of white space that is brimming with possibilities. My blog will make it big, with people clamouring to read what Sensei has to say haha.

I’m not the sort who remembers my dreams when I wake up. I’m envious of those who can engage in dream analysis and whatnot. But it is what it is

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

Do you or will you post links to your blogs here?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

That is a great mission. I agree that we must make space if we wish to have new great things in our lives. I have been decluttering for years now. I want to make my life as simple as possible. Keep it up.

110 sats \ 1 reply \ @bief57 21 Sep

Today I dreamed that I was traveling to Argentina and that I was 20 minutes away from where I currently live, it was funny. It also happens to me that I want to stay in my dreams, especially when I am doing something I like or I am in a place I want to be and when that happens I feel upset for waking up, which is horrible because we are supposed to be thankful for each day, for each sunrise, but sometimes I just don't feel that way and I want to stay in bed. What motivates me to wake up? I have to make my daughter breakfast and take her to school; I don't feel motivated for the rest.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I feel you. I have waken to make my kids breakfast many of my days.

110 sats \ 1 reply \ @clarity 21 Sep

"What gets you up?"

The hope that when I check the price of bitcoin, China will have bought a trillion dollars of it in my sleep, during their wake hours. 😂

On a more serious note, I have a family to wake up to. I used to have this same question you're asking, and it was a tough time for me. But now I don't have that question, because other people are up, or will be, when I get up. The emotionally draining thought of "what is the purpose of getting out of bed today" doesn't cross my mind anymore, and with patience and a commitment to will and purpose (and change), the neuroplasticity of the brain, and time, can heal all.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I remember feeling this way when I had young kids. It was a good felling. I drove to work, feeling fulfilled, regardless of the job. I like taking care of people. My new wife and I are planning on having kids. I am looking forward to living selflessly again.

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 21 Sep

My kids.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Children are such a gift.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @nichro 22 Sep

I have intense vivid dreams. Even the darker ones are exciting to me. Sometimes I am in control, while knowing I am dreaming. It's like a magical limitless playground.

is this something you practiced (lucid dreaming) to do intentionally?

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 23 Sep

No. It just happens for me. Since I was a kid, I could fly around in my dreams. It comes and goes. For years I smoked a lot of weed and it went away completely. I quite recently so its been coming back and it's been a big adjustment.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @nichro 23 Sep

Ahh yup. Very common for weed to supress dreams. I don't toke/drink THC all that often anymore, but it still happens. Soon as I stop after a short stint, the dreams come back vivid af, then settle down to my normal.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 23 Sep

Yeah. They are settling for me now and I am grateful. Still a cool experience but it was a bit much for a while.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bitcoiner1 22 Sep

The need to pee!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

That's a good reason to get up. Been a while since I peed the bed.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Taft 22 Sep

Love for life. In my mind, I perceive a connection between sleeping and death. So, the love of living motivates me to get up every morning. I want to enjoy life until I can. Sleeping more than needed, I consider it wasting my life.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

I see a connection as well. Like when we awake, we are reborn every day. To me sleeping is going home to our souls journey.

11 sats \ 5 replies \ @Roll 22 Sep

Shower

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

I love a hot shower in the morning. Or cold sometimes. That really wakes me up.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @Roll 22 Sep

i try to finish my shower with cold water

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

That's a nice combo.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Roll 22 Sep

actually, it s to be prepare for meditation/yoga in order to be more alert, receptive...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

That makes sense. That's a great morning routine.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Taurus 22 Sep

I don’t dream much and I just automatically wake up without any alarm 😂 But I would say I’m a dreamer in real life

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

That's the important dreaming I think.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Golu 22 Sep

My cellphone because it starts ringing in the morning. Someone from my family asks me to pick up my phone as it must have been ringing for long.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @zapsammy 22 Sep

since i moved myself into an outdoor tent by the pond for night-time, i wake up to the birds chirping. sometimes the chirping is beautiful and sometimes it's annoying.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

That sounds beautiful. How did that sleeping arrangement come to be. When we first went off-grid we stayed in tents. No pond though.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @zapsammy 22 Sep

i used to have a private written rental contract at my current place, then moved, and later came back. because i was a very good tenant the first time around, i got much cheaper rent, and no written contract.

the inside space is tiny, but the backyard is spacious with a pond, a couple fruit trees, and a dog. i set up an enclosed gazebo-tent so i can have more space, and just sleep in there. the place has very good vibes, art, music, birds.

the other rental place was pretty bland, purely a fiat income-generating property, and one night my gf even sensed a dark amorphous blob in the bedroom.

i have a very robust tent as well, big enough for two queen beds and a small table. i got it with the idea of having a semi-permanent camp if necessary. my vision is to be in a place with mountains, forest, and a coastline. slowly but surely...

this was a test to see how far i can push it without a fiat job, and i did manage to get paid here and there in bitcoin, but it's not steady enough. however, i do not feel pressure, life is still quite comfortable, just need to use the brain more.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

Keep it up. You will get there.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @watchmancbiz 21 Sep

I'm the same way. I wake up feeling like I've flew around the world a few times LOL

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Yeah. It can be super intense.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @southside263 21 Sep

My kids and My home mortgage 😂

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @tradenet 21 Sep

My woody.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

That'll do it. I forgot about morning wood. I thought that was a 90s thing. Oh wait, I'm old.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @tradenet 21 Sep

I am old too. But it always rises when the cock crows!

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheWildHustle 21 Sep

Lol

Bitcoin. Doing my part in the resistance to defeat our fiat overlords. Contributing to the betterment of humanity and treading along the hero's journey into Galts Gulch.

Fighting for survival against those who seek to keep hustle trapped in a prism of fear, drugs, and nonsense.

Freaks on Stacker news and Nostr.

Music, Food, Working out, fun projects etc.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

These are all great answers.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @bitalion 21 Sep

Well, I get up early every day to go to work. I would like to sleep peacefully every night and wake up early, totally rested. But I can't, not because I don't want to, but because where I live, the constant power cuts prevent me from doing so.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Wow. That sounds rough..how do the power cuts wake you up? And why are there so many?

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @bitalion 22 Sep

Because in Cuba the energy system has been allowed to be destroyed, it is obsolete, and there is no fuel to generate energy.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 22 Sep

Wow. That sucks. I wonder how long it will be until we start having that problem in US cities

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @LowK3y19 21 Sep

Kids wake us up everyday to try and sneak into our bed

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

That's my favorite. My dogs do that now.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @mayitorose97 21 Sep

Family is enough

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Family is the best.

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 21 Sep

The alarm clock.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I used an alarm clock for 25 years or more and I always had a watch on. I used to be very tuned into clocks. I am kind of the opposite now.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 21 Sep

I am a fan of the flip clocks. The noise they make is peaceful.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

If I were going to wear a watch again, it would be analog for sure.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 21 Sep

I enjoy wearing an automatic watch.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 21 Sep

I wake up early to enjoy the solitude, while the rest of the family is still asleep.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Carresan 21 Sep

I have managed to get used to wake up around the same hour everyday. I don't even need an alarm clock most of the days. Then, I go out for some exercise (walk/running), breakfast and full of energy to commence my day. Regarding dreams, I don't remember any to them. It seems I am rating through the night.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I think this is a key. Wake up and do some kind of movement like walking. Once I get moving, I feel much better. Someone else suggested yoga. I like a nice walk though. The dogs would appreciate it. Even though we live in the middle of nowhere and the dogs are not fenced in, they like to take walks together.

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 21 Sep

Responsibility

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

That was me most of my life. Now I am only responsible for me. What to do.... Well I do have to feed the dogs at some point. But then I can just go back to bed and stacker all day if I want.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 21 Sep

this is life. You have to take responsibility for yourself and your family, friends and children and I never want to stay away from my responsibilities. I like this.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

It feels good to help people. Family is the best.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinAbhi 21 Sep

Yes, definitely family comes first.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @patternn 21 Sep

would say will, but reality is the thirst for coffee lol

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Coffee is so tasty.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 21 Sep

I'm a very early riser. Between 4 and 5 am. It just comes naturally. I enjoy my sleep but snap awake after 5 hours or so. I enjoy coffee with my cat while the rest of the family sleeps. I treasure the solitude. I take each dog on a morning walk, check out SN, watch a podcast or two, and the rest of my family is still asleep. With a more relaxed work schedule I usually take a half hour afternoon nap.

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I can feel this for sure. That quiet solitude in the early hours is a huge reason to move. I have that all the time now, pretty much, so it isn't an incentive.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Sep

I see what you mean.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @Leonard 21 Sep

Astral travel when my girl wakes me up with his magical morning ritual

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

I'm confused. Are there missing words there?

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @Leonard 21 Sep

My girlfriend is that outside force that’s beautiful waking me up (it was a joke you get it) 🤣

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

No. I never made it past grade 3

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 21 Sep

The horror of great posts not getting zapped while I slept.

The thought that I won’t accomplish what I need to if I don’t dedicate as much time as I can to it.

My appreciation for a still, quiet, and empty city during an early commute.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Those are good reasons. They don't apply to me, but good reasons. And traffic is hell. But you are enough, and you are doing plenty. You are awesome. Thank you

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave OP 21 Sep

Sometimes stacker keeps me in bed. It's one of my favorite things, arms reach away....I should move my phone. Damn it!