Part II-007

Q: Describe a time that you got up early in the morning.

A: I recall once, I had to get up at an ungodly hour, it must have been around 4am in the morning, because I’d agreed to go water skiing with some friends.

I was actually on holiday in the States visiting these mates and one of them had invited us to go water skiiing. It sounded great, but the only catch(e.g. “catch-22”) was, we had to set out early in the morning.

At that time, I wasn’t an early bird, so I wasn’t over the moon(兴高采烈) about getting up so early. In fact, if I’d known about the early rising, I might not have agreed so quickly.

However, our friend had explained that to get the best experience, we needed to go when the water was calm, and that just happened to be at 4am in the morning.

So, the night before, we set our alarm clocks and begrudgingly(小气的、吝啬的) hit the sack(睡觉) early. The next day, I tell you what, it was a real struggle to rise, but once we were up and had a bit of breakfast, it wasn’t so bad.

We got to the lake, got on the water actually had a brilliant time. It was well worth it. So, although getting up had been tough, we reaped the benefits.

Intrestingly enough, since then, I have become an early riser, I’ve cultivated the habit of getting up early because I realised I just get a lot more done in life. Not only that, but I feel happier too.

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To be one for 
I’m one for going to bed early.

Tend to 
I tend to feel happy at the end of the day.