I staying with my Food, Exercise and Money theme, we should try to start our day off on a positive and motivated note. With that said take a look at 10 Ways to Upgrade Your Morning Routine.
For the record, those that know me, You ALL really KNOW that I will not be parting with coffee ( #5 on the list ) unless I get beat in the head with a shovel, while I am brewing it. Then I will be crawling toward the pot while recovering from the blows to the head. LOL on the violent & cheery morning note.http://www.Facebook.com/AniseSmithMarketing
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Never feel like there's enough time in the morning? Find yourself struggling to get up or into work mode? We know the feeling. Try out these tips on waking up, getting energized, and getting things done in the early hours.
10. Save the Morning for Thinking
The morning tends to have a quieter, more contemplative feel to it. Take advantage of it, as one CEO recommends, by following poet William Blake's advice to divide up your day: "Think in the morning, act in the noon, read in the evening, and sleep at night." Even if your job's more about cranking than managing and contemplating, you can use the mornings where you're not on tight deadline to think over problems, consider future challenges, and give your tasks more mindful attention than they'll get when everyone else gets in and starts grabbing for your attention. Photo by s0ulsurfing. (Original post)
9. Track Your A.M. Habits
Why are you always late to work or school? It's not because the Earth randomly spins faster on certain days. There's a good chance you've given yourself an arbitrary time span, like an hour, rather than see what your morning really requires. The Unclutterer blog suggests a system for tracking and streamlining your routine, and determining what wild cards can throw you off-balance. Got a rough list of necessities? Make a list, follow it, then revise it—but give yourself a couple days to see what really works for you. Yeah, it feels geeky to use a timer and spreadsheet walking around your kitchen in the morning, but once it becomes habit, you can put down the pencil and get on with life. Photo by ♥ellie♥. (Original posts: tracking, planning).
8. Put Your Kids on an Itinerary
You may be master of your morning, but your smaller subjects can quickly cause it to go haywire. Gretchen Rubin, blogging at The Happiness Project, suggests a deadline-oriented, precise routine for your kids to eliminate the dreaded "One more minute!" It takes some time and consistency to enforce, but soon enough, your children will be able to actually relax in the morning, if they know they're ahead of their specific breakfast/bathroom/homework-roundup routines. Photo by D Sharon Pruitt. (Original post)
7. Eat for Better Sleep
The simple way to realign your energy throughout your day is to eat less at night, saving the big meals for when you're up and running. If the problem is that you're just not falling asleep, plan your dinners and later snacks around foods that contribute to a good night's sleep, like turkey, bananas, honey, potatoes, almonds, and others. Photo by drumecho. (Original posts: eat light, food for sleep).
6. Choose Your Most Important Task Over Email
Whatever your boss sent out at 5:45 p.m. last night likely isn't as important as the most important thing you need to work on this morning. The way most of us handle our mornings, though, you wouldn't know it. If you want to look back on your morning and not feel like it disappeared, take control of your workday by prioritizing one task—just one thing you really need to do—and put off opening your inbox for one hour. Seems sacrilegious, but if you asked your boss or clients which was more important, their answer might not surprise you. Photo by chadarizona.
5. Trade Coffee Jolts for Smaller Perk-Ups
When it comes to caffeine, a tall cup of coffee is a sledgehammer. If you're going to use caffeine to boost your morning energy, there are real benefits to spacing out smaller caffeine boosts. A 12-ounce thermos with a 3-4 ounce mug in the lid is just about perfect, as reader jopasm tells us, as you can space out your java throughout the morning and never quite get that shaky-leg feeling. Switching to tea or diet soda, if you can stomach it, also makes for a slower-dose substitute. Photo by flash.pro. (Original post)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Work-Life Balance in 2011
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