Now that I’m a morning person, I’ve come to loathe the term. Mainly because I wasn’t always one. Way too frequently, I’d roll out of bed and head straight to work. Out of breath, I’d arrive, barely on time, with unkempt hair and my pants tucked into my socks.
But being a morning person, I learned, isn’t something that’s set in stone. Instead, it’s something we can become, or yearn towards. And the way I learned how is to make every step of my routine enjoyable and efficient, so that at the end of it, I have time to do something I enjoy.
All routines are different, but here are a few things I do each morning, and a few things I wish I did more of, with some of the products that help make it the best experience possible.
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE
BRUSH-UP
SHOWER TIME!
THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY
STRETCH IT OUT
DO A CROSSWORD
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