Eating is already habit, so the more you can prepare for that habit with healthy, pre-cooked choices, the more effective you will be at maintaining your health even with a busy schedule. If you plan ahead, this also helps you stay healthy. This helps you ensure that something as important as remembering to eat doesn’t get skipped over or replaced with more work throughout the day. I am a bodybuilder so this rings a bit more true to me personally, but I think there is something to be said about having regular meal times with meals that are prepared and ready to go. This helps you understand if you’re starting your day in a good place, or if you woke up frustrated, or if something is stressing you out, or if there’s something you’re really excited about-and from there, you will better understand yourself and how you can best approach the day to work with yourself as you currently are. Take 5 or 10 minutes and just sit in silence. This is best done in the morning but after the shower (so you’re slightly more awake). It should get you mentally ready for what you have to do that day-whatever that is. T-shirt and sweats feels more like “I’m going to stay home, binge on Netflix, and eat potato chips in my bed.” Your morning routine should be more than just the things you have to do to be a functioning human being. Now, I’m not saying wear a suit, but even wearing some jeans with a pair of nice brown dress shoes and a light blue button down is going to make you feel like you’re ready to tackle the day. But more importantly, choose clothes that force you to rise to the occasion. There are very few things in life that can start your day off as well as a morning routine that has built in triggers to get your head in the game. Have A Clean Morning Routine (And Dress The Part) Starting your day with a broken promise is the same as getting out of bed on the wrong foot. The night before, you set that alarm at that time because you were making a promise to yourself to get up at that time. Why? Because this is your first promise to yourself of the day. That means if you set the alarm for 6:30am, you get out of bed at 6:30am. But more importantly, to wake up when you say you’re going to wake up. Wake Up When You Say You’re Going To Wake UpĪside from the occasional “I’m going to sleep in until 11am on a Saturday because I’m visiting my parents house and I’m sleeping in my old bed and I haven’t slept in this long in forever,” it behooves you to wake up early.
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