April 2020

Three Easy Ways to Survive Mornings

We cannot deny the fact that not all of us are born to love mornings. There will always be that pressure from the society that you should wake up early in the morning to be successful in life. The thing is, people differ at the time of the day they are most functional, although some people view this as a negative habit. In addition, people have different body clocks, especially the ones who work at varying shifts, particularly those of the medical field. If you are struggling to maintain a productive morning, here are a few tips to get the most out of it.

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1. Get Ahead of It

If there’s too much work to be done in the morning, why not do it the night before? Prepare everything you need in the morning at the most functional time of the day for you. Prepare your breakfast, even your lunch, the night before to save some time for a quick workout or meditation in the morning. If you are worried about not knowing recipes, there are numerous quick-cook recipes you can check out like this Instant Pot Mongolian Beef. Mornings don’t have to be a struggle as long as you know how to outsmart it.

2. Prepare Your Clothes

One thing that makes us hate preparing for our day is dressing up. For some people, it eats up most of their time thinking of what outfit to wear for the day, especially if you are late and in a hurry. To save you from the time pressure and not-thought-about outfits, prepare it the night before. Better yet, you can plan your outfit for the whole week. This relief of not having to think about your clothes during the day also relieves you of stress and believe it or not, it saves you from having a bad day in general. After all, you don’t want to go out looking all stressed and out of fashion.

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3. Set up Reminders

If you have errands to do in the morning, it’s a great habit to jot it down on a piece of paper to have you reminded on the following days. Not having to constantly think of the things you’ll be doing removes all the pressure from your head and makes you survive mornings better. It doesn’t matter if you write it on a post-it or you type it on your phone, just make sure you will place it somewhere you will surely see it or set up an alarm on your phone.…