I felt as if there was an ulterior motive behind my favourite cartoon show being shown in the early morning during the weekends. Obviously, it was to wake me up early. And it was a damn good tactic. To think that I would conjure up the massive effort to actually wake up early. I did it all so that I would not even miss a single second of my favourite shows.
There were three outcomes.
The first would be me successfully waking up at 6 a.m., the earliest on a typical weekend. I would have plenty of time to shower, do plenty of exercise and have breakfast. This would be the ideal outcome since I would be able to sit in front of the television on time for my favourite show to come up.
A slightly painful outcome would be the second one where I would oversleep and not wake up at the sound of my alarm. When I finally woke up, the show was already playing on the television. As my eyes fluttered open, I glanced at my surroundings sleepily. My tired eyes continued to dart around till they met the clock. Once I saw it and realized what time it was, I instantly sobered up and scrambled to find the remote control for the television. If I was lucky, there would only be five minutes left till the show ended. And even then, even five minutes would still be worth the salvation. Once the show ended, I would moan and groan, scolding myself for not waking up early. I just needed the motivation and apparently, I was severely lacking in it. Next time I would wake up very early, I reminded myself repeatedly.
The worst thing that could happen to me would be the third one, where...wait for it...I missed out the show entirely. That would be the worst nightmare ever, and this would set up a terrible start to my precious weekends where I was supposed to relax and enjoy to my heart's content.
Then, several years later, it got me thinking...that this idea of placing cartoons that had large fanbases, the ones where most children look forward to the most, in the morning slot, it was actually pretty strategic thinking. Just think about it, it helped to discipline the young children, giving them plenty of motivation to wake up early and not waste time sleeping. Such tactics successfully got their butts off their beds.
So, now I am grateful to the television broadcasting stations for coming up with this technique.
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