My Quick Response Mentality

Noelle can help anyone from literally anywhere in Mondstadt within seconds. Similarly, I try to be available to help others as quickly as I can.

Unlike Noelle, though, I sometimes don't like it.

Video by Gimnaeng

Yes, I know it's ironic because I blatantly and repeatedly state in my other posts that I'm lazy. But, for me, it actually makes sense because the faster I can respond to things, the sooner I can get out of them.

And I've never even been a Boy Scout.

This leads to a variety of peculiar behaviors, some of which are either unhealthy, my mom doesn't like, or both.

I'm too lazy to do introductions, so let's do probably the laziest way of writing something long which school teachers don't like: a list.

• I often carry my sling bag almost anywhere. Yes, sometimes even while I sleep. It allows for quick storage and pickup of my most essential items, especially my phone and alcohol. (Yes, I often literally get my hands dirty.)
• I usually justify my frequent use of my sling bag by explaining that it's "weight training" similar to Goku's.
• I often stay half-awake and keep my phone's notifications on during sleeping time for a variety of reasons:
• To respond to morning messages and commands from friends, people I like, and people in authority like professors. I am not a morning person at all but some people are and the morning may literally be my only opportunity to properly communicate with them. Some professors may be jerks or slackers who put out last-minute orders.
• To overhear conversations from my other family members while they're awake. When I'm asleep, Mom sometimes tells my younger brother to stay in the store for me...which I don't like because it's my responsibility--not his--and I know he doesn't like working in the store.
• Just in case I sleep through my phone's alarm or turn it off out of respect. My alarms are extremely loud on purpose.
• I toss and turn a LOT when I sleep on the top of our bunk bed. While it's not a problem in most situations, when my younger brother is having his morning military training, it can distract him through both the noise and the earthquake-like feeling and can get him in trouble with his superior(s).
• I developed this habit when I was a tween (9-12 years old) and young teen (13-14 years old) protecting my "stolen" gadgets while I was banned from gaming.
• I sometimes sleep in formal clothes instead of pajamas. When preparing to leave the house, our very narrow house bustles much more than usual, making movement extremely restrictive, so staying in formal clothes cuts off a small portion of my preparation time. Yes, I'm often the last one to finish preparing.
• Similarly, I prefer military haircuts because I don't have to constantly fix my hair which otherwise gets very messy after I wake up.
• When I'm extra lazy or angry, I text Mom and/or Dad that I'm "awaiting orders", usually alongside my location (e.g. "Awaiting orders in the kids' bedroom."). That ensures that, if they're unable to call me with their voices, they can definitely contact me with their phones.
• I act like Frederick from Fire Emblem Awakening and get rid of obstacles in my parents' path when they come back from the supermarket--I partially open the door so they can simply push it and I turn on the lights so they can see where they're going. (Our house has little natural light.) That way, they can bring the shopping bags in one movement each without stopping to turn a doorknob or flick a light switch.
• I also try to carry most of the weight and move as fast as I could. As much as I don't like it, I have to use my power as the strongest, fastest, and most technically capable member of the family.
• Yes, I try to do all this even while sick.
• Heck, as of writing this, I have a cold. It's still literally cold in Metro Manila and I am weak to even mild air conditioning in hotel rooms--we stayed in a hotel for the New Year. My brother got the cold earlier than I did so I was unable to sleep due to the noise he was making. Also...I finished the Spiral Abyss at the last minute.

Honestly, I want to take a break from my quick response mentality, but my household abilities are far superior to my younger brother's and our parents do most of the overall work anyway (including their own paying jobs) so they would want me to do my part as well, especially the things I can do that they can't like fixing glitches, making graphics, and proofreading.

Why don't you just sleep earlier?

I teach English at night after working in my family store. I think it's also the least intrusive to my brother since he sleeps late too and his nighttime military training typically ends at 10:00 PM.

I also record gameplay videos starting roughly every Monday at 12:30 AM.

Okay, then I make sure my Resin in Genshin Impact doesn't reach the maximum, among a whole bunch of tasks that ensure I get the biggest rewards I could physically handle.