This post is about how to start your morning to be productive all day. I’ll be giving you 5 exercises that you can follow to start your day and become more productive. So stay till the end. 

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Everybody hates the morning rush but fails every time to organize and manage the time. Sometimes it seems like the clock is running faster than usual in the morning, Isn’t it? 

It’s a saying that ‘If your morning gets ruined, your whole day gets ruined.’ And it’s damn true.

Here are the 5 exercises you can follow to start your morning to be productive all day long.

1. Become the early riser

Getting up early in the morning can be tough for several people & hitting the alarm on snooze probably is the most common habit people have. But it doesn’t gonna help you in any way. Studies have found that the people who get up early in the morning tend to be more proactive than the people who don’t. They tend to perform better and are more productive than the others.

And now if you are thinking that you are not an early riser, and how you can become one. Here’s a tip for you, put your alarm clock at a certain distance that you can reach by only getting up.

2. Make a to-do list

There are several tasks you need to do in the morning. There is a rush going inside your head and you start to feel overwhelmed by thinking about how everything is gonna work. 

For a situation like that, making a to-do list of the tasks you need to perform is a total lifesaver. It gives your mind a clear vision and you become more focused. It also helps to get organized and keep your mind at peace. And when your mind is at peace you start to see everything clearly. And to achieve this, start making a list of the things you need to do in the morning.

You can use apps like Trello, Asana, etc. to make the list.

3. Don’t waste your energy on things that least matter.

When you wake up in the morning, you feel all charged up and are in the ready-to-go mode, because the energy level is at its highest level in the morning and you should not waste this energy on the things that least matter.

Take an example of you thinking for about 10-20 minutes to figure out what to have for breakfast today, then you come up with an idea of an amazing mouth-watering pancake and spend around 30 minutes in the preparation and you finally get to have those pancakes. Your mouth is now blessing you for the treat. Now you are going to get ready to go to your job and think about what to wear and spend around 40 minutes getting dressed. Now if you look closely, you spent about 30-45 minutes on your breakfast and the almost same on getting dressed. You have wasted around one and a half hours and a part of your energy on the things that barely matter. And now at work, you feel tired, exhausted, and don’t feel like working because you don’t have much energy left to do anything.

So, the crux of your everyday story is: Don’t waste your time and energy on the things that barely matter.

Solve this by making a routine for a week and sticking to it. Just sit and make a list for the next coming week, what to have for breakfast which is high in nutritional value and takes minimum time in preparation, and what to wear which takes minimum time in getting ready for work.       

You often see people like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk dressed as simple as wearing a plain black or grey t-shirt. Why do you think they do that when they can dress like a king every day. They do this to save their time and energy to get wasted on such silly things called getting dressed. 

So, invest your time and energy wisely; in the things that matter and make you more productive and successful in the long run.

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4. Prioritise your tasks.

Prioritizing your to-do list helps you to become more productive. Categorize your to-do list using the urgent-important matrix. If you don’t know what the urgent-important matrix is, here I tell you. It is a 2X2 grid matrix that looks like the image below.

Now categorize the tasks that are:

1. Urgent and important, and do them immediately

2. Not urgent but important, plan or schedule these tasks

3. Urgent but not important, don’t waste your time and energy on these tasks or hire someone else to do them for you

4. Not urgent not important, eliminate these tasks from your list

By doing so, you can focus on the things that you need to give most of your time and energy and eliminate those which don’t.

You can use apps like Trello, Asana, etc. to make the list.

5. Meditate

Sit for about 15-20 minutes to practice meditation or yoga. It helps you connect to your inner soul. Life today is full of rush and hustle and meditation helps your mind to rejuvenate and freshen you up from head to toe. It’s like if you throw a stone in the water, the water gets all shaky and you are not able to see what is at the bottom, but if you let it rest and settle down, you start to see clearly again. The human mind works exactly like that. You give your best when your mind is at rest. So, allow yourself to meditate for at least 15 minutes every day.

How do you start your morning to be productive all day?

Tell me in the comments below!!!

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