It happens after about 5 secs after your alarm rings… your brain knows that you have to wake up.. and your heart wants a little more time to sleep…between the brain and heart there is a calculation which tells you that you can have 10 mins more if you are not planning to wash your hair or have breakfast or cook in the morning… any task that you can omit and use that time to sleep is identified and on completing the calculation…. The heart tells the brain…. Well 10 mins.. only 10 mins I will wake up….. as you close your eyes and reminisce about the events of the previous night… a tiny smile plays on your lips…and the mind moves to a happy place….
I call this ‘Snooze’ sleep….
Now at this point if there is no trigger to wake you up… you will go to into deep sleep & even have some dreams… only to wake up in a panic state and make a run for it…!! I know this, as today morning I went into snooze sleep for about 50 mins… well I had the most wonderful dream… There was this guy in the dream… and he was… well is… pretty perfect… but… there are always “buts” to any good thing in life…
So you can have cake.. but you will put on weight…
You can drive as fast as you want.. But there can be an accident..
You can sleep as much as you want… But you won’t get any work done… and so on…
But.. :) this piece is not about the dream.. nor the guy in the dream(I could write an essay about him).. or the ‘Buts’ in life…
It is about ‘Snooze’ Sleep…
The extra sleep after alarm rings… the extra sleep when you know that beyond a certain point you cannot sleep anymore…
This short nap is precious.. I have no idea why…
You can sleep as much as you want on a weekend…but the joy of ‘Snooze’ sleep cannot be matched…
In Marathi(which is my mother tongue) we have a name for it… ‘Sakhar Zhop’ (Sugar Sleep) and in the National Language… Meethi Meethi Neend…
One peculiar thing about this nap is.. incase you have a dream.. it is always a good one… something that makes you smile… Hence the reference to sweet sugar in the name I think…
Like the one with the perfect guy… or the one where I have conquered the world… or a scene with Mr Khan & me … my dreams at this point are pretty standard girly stuff.. but always good ones… Snooze Sleep has no bad dreams… and I think for this reason we wish them to come true…. I always hope they do…
Snooze Sleep in my books counts as the ‘perks’ of life… small moments of joy… they go unnoticed and are forgotten many times.. mostly we don’t give a second thought to this event as it is mundane and happens too often…
However the next time you do have a Snooze sleep.. and wake up.. give yourself a moment to feel this happy feeling…
If it was accompanied by a dream… give a thought to that dream.. it could just be a reflection of what you really want in life.. or just a recollection of a good memory…
You will definitely have a small happy moment in your life.. life after all is made of thousands of tiny happy & very happy moments right?
So once the alarm rings… Have a nice Sakhar Zhop…!!!!
I call this ‘Snooze’ sleep….
Now at this point if there is no trigger to wake you up… you will go to into deep sleep & even have some dreams… only to wake up in a panic state and make a run for it…!! I know this, as today morning I went into snooze sleep for about 50 mins… well I had the most wonderful dream… There was this guy in the dream… and he was… well is… pretty perfect… but… there are always “buts” to any good thing in life…
So you can have cake.. but you will put on weight…
You can drive as fast as you want.. But there can be an accident..
You can sleep as much as you want… But you won’t get any work done… and so on…
But.. :) this piece is not about the dream.. nor the guy in the dream(I could write an essay about him).. or the ‘Buts’ in life…
It is about ‘Snooze’ Sleep…
The extra sleep after alarm rings… the extra sleep when you know that beyond a certain point you cannot sleep anymore…
This short nap is precious.. I have no idea why…
You can sleep as much as you want on a weekend…but the joy of ‘Snooze’ sleep cannot be matched…
In Marathi(which is my mother tongue) we have a name for it… ‘Sakhar Zhop’ (Sugar Sleep) and in the National Language… Meethi Meethi Neend…
One peculiar thing about this nap is.. incase you have a dream.. it is always a good one… something that makes you smile… Hence the reference to sweet sugar in the name I think…
Like the one with the perfect guy… or the one where I have conquered the world… or a scene with Mr Khan & me … my dreams at this point are pretty standard girly stuff.. but always good ones… Snooze Sleep has no bad dreams… and I think for this reason we wish them to come true…. I always hope they do…
Snooze Sleep in my books counts as the ‘perks’ of life… small moments of joy… they go unnoticed and are forgotten many times.. mostly we don’t give a second thought to this event as it is mundane and happens too often…
However the next time you do have a Snooze sleep.. and wake up.. give yourself a moment to feel this happy feeling…
If it was accompanied by a dream… give a thought to that dream.. it could just be a reflection of what you really want in life.. or just a recollection of a good memory…
You will definitely have a small happy moment in your life.. life after all is made of thousands of tiny happy & very happy moments right?
So once the alarm rings… Have a nice Sakhar Zhop…!!!!
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