Have you ever experienced the phenomenon of ‘Sleepy Voice’? You know, the little voice, in your own head that campaigns for more time in bed. Sleepy Voice is actually very dangerous. If you listen (and at 7am on a Tuesday morning, it’s very easy to), you could end up making some pretty bad decisions. Here are some lies that Sleepy Voice might tell you, so people, BE AWARE.
1) You don’t need to wash your hair.
Sleepy Voice will try and convince you that you don’t need to wash your hair; it’ll tell you that you can spend ten more minutes in bed instead. Eh, except, you really really do. It appears that you have poured a whole bottle of olive oil on that head of yours. If you don’t get up and wash that manky mane, you’ll face judgement from the entire office. Sleepy Voice will continue to try and reason with you and have you believe that you can just tie your hair up or that dry shampoo will do the trick. It won’t. Get up NOW! POWER TO THE PEOPLE.
2) You don’t actually need to go to the gym.
Picture this - you’ve spent the weekend on the tear, eating anything and everything that can’t run away from you. On Sunday night, in the height of the fear, you promised yourself you’d get up at 6am and go to the gym before work. Newsflash! Sleepy Voice is going to try telling you otherwise. It’ll tell you that you are perfect the way you are and that you don’t need the gym. It’ll fob you off and tell you the only thing you need is an hour extra in bed. LIAR!
3) Holidays? Nah. You don’t even want to go, do you?
Holidays aren't safe from Sleepy Voice either, it doesn't discriminate. You know when you are going away and you stay up until 3am packing and set your alarm for 6am to go to the airport? Sleepy Voice will try and convince you that you don’t actually want to go on the holiday. It’ll say ‘Your time off is supposed to be relaxing, why are you getting up at 6am?’ and you will actually start to listen. NO! Wake up and go on your amazing holiday silly!
4) Dry clothes? Who needs them?
It’s Thursday night and you’re packing to head off for the weekend straight after work. You discover that your favourite pair of jeans are dirty. You stick them in the wash and put them on the clothes horse, swearing blind that you’ll get up at 6.30am and stick them in the tumble-drier before you leave for work. The alarm will go off alright but Sleepy Voice will try and tell you that you don’t even need those jeans. Sure, you’ve got the tracksuit bottoms packed, they’ll do won’t they?
5) You can do that later
You’re lying in bed and you think of something you were meant to do and you panic. You should really get up now and do it. No, no, Sleepy Voice will convince you that you don’t actually need to it (even if it’s really important), it’ll tell you that you can totally do it later (even if you absolutely can’t) and it’ll all be grand (it really won’t).
WE CAN FIGHT BACK. WE CAN OVERCOME. #SAYNOTOSLEEPYVOICE
