The Day I Betrayed My Bed

 

The Day I Betrayed My Bed

~ When curiosity became stronger than comfort ~

People who know me personally know one thing for sure.

I can sleep. Not normal sleep. Professional-level sleep.

  

I have always been someone who lives in what I call Hibernation Mode. Sometimes it feels like escaping reality and enjoying my own little dream world. Maybe it was my way of staying away from the double-faced people who show fake affection on the outside while hiding something else inside.

 

And honestly? I love sleeping so much that nobody ever doubts where I am.

 

Back in my hostel, if someone missed the common prayer, people would immediately become suspicious.

"Where did they go?"

"Did they sneak outside?"

"What are they doing?"

 

But if I was missing, the reaction was completely different.

"She must be sleeping in her room. Go wake her up."

That's it.

No investigation.

No mystery.

No suspense.

Everyone knew exactly where I would be.

So naturally, I preferred staying inside my comfort zone most of the time.

 

Most of my days ran in Comfort Mode. College. Home. Food. Sleep. Repeat.

 

But during my second year, first semester, something unexpected happened. I found C++ difficult. Not because I hated it. Actually, I wanted to learn it properly. The problem was that I hadn't learned it in the correct order, and many concepts felt confusing.

 

My daily schedule was already exhausting. I boarded the college bus around 7:30 in the morning and usually reached home only around 6 in the evening. For someone running happily in Comfort Mode, that itself was enough work for one day.

 

But curiosity had other plans. Without realizing it, my system performed a Mode Switch.

 

Instead of going home and resting, I joined an extra coaching class to learn C++. Every evening, I got down from the college bus around 5:30 and waited for the tutor until 6. During that waiting time, I revised the previous day's lessons.

 

Then came nearly an hour of class. By 7 PM, I headed to the bus stand and finally reached home around 7:45. Honestly, it was exhausting.

Some days I was tired.

Some days I was drained.

And some days I wondered if my bed had filed a missing-person complaint against me.

 

But something had changed. My usual Hibernation Mode had quietly become Learning Mode.

Even though it was difficult, I loved learning it. That made all the difference. Slowly, the burden started feeling lighter. The exhaustion started feeling meaningful.

 

In our OOPS class, our HOD regularly asked us to write small programs. I enjoyed those sessions because every day I could feel myself improving little by little. The girl who was famous for sleeping was now spending evenings debugging programs. That itself was a surprising Mode Switch.

 

Then one day, our HOD gave us a program containing a bug and asked us to identify the mistake.

Nobody could find it. After checking it carefully, I found the issue and corrected it. That moment felt special. Not because I was smarter than everyone else. But because I realized those late evenings were actually working.

 

After that day, whenever there was a bug in a program, he often called me to check it. One day, the entire class was struggling with a problem. Without much discussion, he simply looked toward the third row, first (Where I sit).

Then he casually said, "After she completes the correction, copy it." I still remember that moment.

Not because everyone copied my answer. But because someone trusted my effort.

 

That confidence wasn't built in a single day.

It was built during those evenings when I could have gone home and slept.

It was built while waiting for the tutor.

It was built during crowded bus rides.

It was built during revision sessions.

It was built during six months of running in Learning Mode when every part of me wanted to return to Comfort Mode.

 

Looking back now, I realize something. The biggest achievement was not learning C++. The biggest achievement was that curiosity was powerful enough to trigger a Mode Switch in someone who loved comfort more than anything.

 

Even today, whenever I feel exhausted, I remember those days.

I remember the long journeys.

I remember the late evenings.

I remember the effort that nobody saw.

And I remember that the best things in my life happened when I allowed myself to switch modes.

 

Because growth didn't begin when I solved a bug. It began the day I stopped running only in Comfort Mode and chose Learning Mode instead.

 

And yes...

I still love sleeping💤.

Some habits never change😉.

 

🏅 “Life rewards us for choosing curiosity over comfort.”

💡‍️ Don't underestimate daily practice.

🖋️ Until next line of code…