Is there life after the alarm clock?

My alarm clock goes off every morning, I open my eyes and get ready to go to work. Why? What pushes me to do this? The first simplest and most obvious answer is what a friend of mine says, “I work because for now it’s the only thing I get paid to do”. That’s true. But that is not what I think about the minute I get up. From bed to shower many other reasons come to mind.