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What is a phrase that describes waking up mentally or a mental wake up call?
You say,
I know, I know. I need to do this, that and the other, so I had better _________
to achieve your goals, but instead you remain in your comfort zone ... Wake Up!
"Wake up!" I think is overused and antiquated. I am looking for a fresh phrase that means something like to stop procrastinating.
Pull your finger out means to stop prevaricating and start to act.
or a similar phrase with a slightly different meaning which could apply is:
Pull your socks up which means to make an effort to improve your performance/behaviour.
Snap out of (something) — Cambridge
To stop experiencing something unpleasant or stop behaving in a negative way
"I was depressed, and I couldn't snap out of it."
"Johnson has finally snapped out of a four-week hitting slump."
Come alive (or come to life) — TFD
- Become vigorous or lively.
"It took some fast rhythms to make the dancers come alive."
"As soon as he mentioned ice cream, the children came to life."The adjective alive has been used in the sense of "vivacious"
Come around — Cambridge
C1. to become conscious again after an accident or operation
"She hasn't come round from the anaesthetic yet."
I know, I know. I need to do this, that and the other, so I had better stop cutting bait.
This derives from the idiomatic expression "Are you going to fish or cut bait?", meaning "Are you going to get anything done, or just sit around procrastinating?"
I know, I know. I need to do this, that and the other, so I had better focus
The implication is that until this moment your mind was wandering but now you need to concentrate on the task at hand without distraction.
An alternative is get started (and it's synonyms from TFD below).
I know, I know. I need to do this, that and the other, so I had better get started.
TFD:
Verb 1. get started - start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"
get cracking, get moving, get rolling, get weaving, get going
