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SIAATH / ThinkStockIf you are naturally a morning person, consider yourself extremely lucky. If you're not a morning person, eliminating these things may help.
According to Travel and Leisure, here are 5 things not to do when you first wake up:
- Snooze your alarm- You end up waking up more groggy by allowing yourself to continue cycles of sleep that are keep getting interrupted.
- Check social media/emails- Not only is LED lighting in your face immediately upon opening your eyes not good for you, neither is getting sucked into the time-consuming vortex of the online world before your day has even begun.
- Leave your bed a mess- Countless research has proven that a made bed is shown to increase productivity and clarity throughout the day.
- Drink coffee- I'm sorry, what?! Apparently the body performs better when coffee is consumed after 9:30am due to the natural amounts of cortisol in our bodies that are produced at a higher level around 8am.
- Get ready in the dark- The darkness tricks our brain and body into thinking it may still be nighttime which ends up making us feel more tired.
Reading through this list I realized that I do in fact do ALL of these things in the mornings that may be contributing to my struggle... I guess I should follow these tips.
Source: Travel and Leisure
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