What is the Shape of Your Waking (This is Not a Metaphor)

What is the shape of your waking, your morning? Do you roll out of bed after slapping the snooze button three times, only six hours of rest under your belt? Do you reach for the coffee to wake from perpetual sleep deprivation? Do you sit in your chair, static as a log, waiting till the caffeine kicks in so you can slog through another day? Do you scroll endlessly on your phone, using the blue light to wake you?

What is the shape of your waking, your morning?

It’s a simple question, one I’m...