Sep 10 2008
NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN YOUR DAY?
Not Enough HOURS in Your Day?
Nothing ruins a day faster than the STRESS of not finding time to accomplish everything, OR, not finding any time for ourselves, OR, coming to the end of the day with the feeling that we didn’t accomplish anything, OR, just feeling EXHAUSTED at the end of the day.
This post is written with my 81-year-old Mom in mind. A wonderful Mom who dutifully reads this blog every day.
Here are a few ideas to make all your tomorrows more enjoyable. These are not in any particular order, so just make up your own order.
1. Drink a glass of water first thing in the morning. Yes, Mom, even BEFORE the coffee. Drink another before you have lunch.
2. Stretch in the morning. You can do your first stretch BEFORE you get out of bed. Reach your hands over your head and at the same time stretch your legs all the way through your toes, like you were trying to be longer. You may have to lie catty-corner on the bed to do this, that’s all. Then lower your arms to your sides, make two fists and TENSE up your arms and entire body. Roll off the bed and reach down for a lazy “hang” stretch. If you are still tired….get back into BED! (You like this one?)
3. Take a nice hot shower. Add music that soothes you. There should be no hurry to rush right out and find something to do. If the hot shower makes you all drowsy and comfy…get back into BED! (I am liking this routine more and more…how about you?)
4. Get rid of things that annoy you. Husband or wife is always a possibility here. Another thing might be the alarm clock. Who decided that these things had to make such an awful noise anyway? Turn off the alarm. Or…just get rid of the clock. That way you don’t even have to worry about the snooze button.
5. In the evening, do the stuff that you need to do to be ready for the next day. Like picking out what you will wear. Decide what you will have for breakfast, lunch and dinner the next day. Make sure you have a place to put the stuff you will need in the morning, like your car keys, a memo pad and pen, the dog leash and poop bags, the apartment key, etc. Set up the coffee pot to start automatically when you want. It should be ready when you are, either just before or just after that hot shower. If you want to go back to bed, forget the coffee.
6. Plan a REALISTIC tomorrow. Make a list and check it twice. That means actually writing it down on that memo pad. Just put down the stuff on your “A” list that can’t be put off another day. Then make a “B” list, and if you have time tomorrow, you can do one of these. One. You can also make a “C” list. This is my favorite, because it is a list of sh*t you will never do.
