10 Benefits Of Getting Ready First Thing In The Morning
October 25, 2011 by Marci
Yesterday, I brought up the topic of having a good morning routine and the importance of getting up and ready for the day first thing. I can think of many benefits of developing this habit. Here are 10 to get us started:
- You are prepared. If you prepare yourself first thing in the morning, you are ready for anything. The family won’t have to wait on you to get out of the door. You won’t have to go out the door unpresentable when the unexpected happens.
- You just feel better. Think about it. Do you feel better if you have your sweats on, no make up and bed head or when you are dressed with hair done and make-up on?
- People give you more respect. It’s just human nature. People will look at you more favorably if aren’t in the ponytail and t-shirt with formula on the shoulder.
- Your husband likes it.
- You won’t embarrass your kids. This isn’t such a big deal when they are little, but as they get older…
- It saves time. If you get ready first thing in the morning, you won’t have to try and carve out time later in the day.
- It sets a good example for your kids. How can you expect them to get up and ready for school or whatever when you clearly are not?
- Sets you up to create more good habits. When you start creating beneficial habits like this, you are more apt to create more.
- Puts the house in a better mood. If you are up and ready before everyone else’s day gets into full swing, you don’t have to rush around, you are more awake and are less likely to bite heads off. This translates into less frustration for the rest of the family, too.
- Makes your entire day more productive. When you start your day doing something productive, it’s like hitting the ground running. Instead of dragging yourself through the day, you have already given yourself a little kick start! Overcoming Busy reader, Miriam Ortiz y Pino of More Than Organized , made this comment on yesterday’s post-
“Routines create the habits that allow us to get the boring stuff done anyway! That translates to more fun and creativity later in the day.”
What other benefits of getting ready for the day first thing can you think of?
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Wonder how to start this habit when you have little ones? I’ll be posting some tips tomorrow!
Comments (9)
definitely do not feel like I’m rushing !!
yep, yep, YEP!!!
I have also been observing that getting ready first thing really does set the tone of the day.
My first grade son attends a school has a later start than most (his bus picks him up at 10am) and while it is nice that we don’t feel like we are rushing, I STILL insist that he gets ready first thing in the morning or it’s just hard for him to transition out of ‘lazy relaxing’ mode into productive ‘movement’ mode.
Same goes for me. If I ‘ease into the day’ I find that everything seems to just move a bit slower. That’s fine on SOME days, but surely not every day!
Thanks for the motivation!
-H
My daughter went to pre-school in the afternoon when she was 4 and at first I was taking it easy in the morning and being lazy. It didn’t take me long to realize that didn’t work for us! I never got anything done!!
I so agree, Marci!
Absolutely! It also takes far less time to get yourself together if you go ahead and tackle it before everyone else is up.
You said it!
Day 1 went great for us! My little guy got up when I did, as usual so I went ahead and helped him get ready for the day too.
It was great when I realized it was time for me to leave for a work appointment and there was no rushing because I was completely ready hours before!
Thanks!
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