Your Day Begins the Night Before

A calmer morning often starts with a few simple decisions the evening before.

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Waking up feeling heavy, with a lot on your mind, could be because yesterday never ended.

The evening can be a busy time. The clothes aren’t ready, and the keys are missing. Your desk is cluttered. You stay up longer than you planned. Then you end the night by saying, “I’ll figure it out in the morning.”

By then, exhaustion has set in. You’re not thinking as clearly as you were earlier in the day. Your body feels heavy and sluggish, and everything takes a little longer.

Most people think a good morning starts when the alarm rings. I don’t think it does.

I’ve gone to be on time, woken up on time, and still found myself running late because I was scrabbling to find things I’d meant to prepare the night before.

The better I prepare myself the evening before, the easier the next morning becomes. I know people who lay out their gym clothes before going to bed because it removes one more obstacle to getting started the next day.

The best morning routine often begins before you go to bed.

Preparing the night before makes it easier to act on the choices you’ve made.

The mornings I enjoy the most have very little decision-making left. My clothes are ready. My bag is packed. I already know what’s first.

We spend a lot of time trying to improve our mornings. Sometimes the simplest way is to spend a few minutes preparing the evening before.

Tomorrow begins sooner than we think.

If you’re starting here, you may also enjoy **The Real Benefit of Waking Up Early**, where I explore why waking up early is about creating choices, not just getting more done.

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Until we meet again, Keep Living!