Rushing around each morning takes a toll on us. Get to work on time by starting your morning routine the night before. Here's how.
, and don’t have time to think about our work priorities. Instead, we dive in, feeling stressed, instead of focused for a productive day.in the morning, and are scrambling to catch up several days a week, here are some steps to turn that pattern on its head, to begin your day on time and on task.
and a plan for organizing things you will need for the morning. The less you need to do in the morning, the more likely you’ll get to work on time. An evening routine typically involves the following steps:Place items and anything you’ll need to take with you on a “launch pad” — an area near the door from which you exit every day. Items might include briefcase, car keys, cell phone, purse, coat, umbrella, a grocery list, or dry-cleaning receipts.Prepare breakfast. Fill the coffee pot and program it to brew while you’re dressing. Place a clean coffee mug next to the coffee pot. Set the table for breakfast, putting out cereal boxes and unrefrigerated food items. Prepare lunch. If you brown-bag it most days, make a sandwich or put a salad in an airtight container. If you will buy lunch, make sure you have enough cash to pay for it. Finally, prepare — or, better yet, supervise the preparation of — children’s lunches. Log off the computer, shut off the TV, and put down that phone an hour before bedtime. Studies show that watching TV or using e-mail or the Internet within an hour before turning in wakes the brain up, instead of preparing it for sleep. Take a hot bath or shower before getting into bed. The gradual lowering of your body temperature as you cool off helps induce sleep. Get kids into bed an hour before your bedtime. Adults need to wind down and relax, without being “on duty” until their head hits the pillow. Make sure that your kids’ bedtime routine mirrors yours. Lay out clothes, deposit items on launch pad, bathe. Get into bed at least a half-hour before lights out. Read quietly, and not from a page-turner that will tempt you to stay up. Set the alarm to give yourself a minimum of seven hours of sleep and an hour before departure time the next morning.
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