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The One Thing I Do Before Bed That Changed My Mornings
Let’s Talk about Brain Dump
For the past several years, the sound of the morning alarm has made me feel like one of my enemies. Drowsily waking up and immediately at a loss with the tasks of the day while my feet were still getting out of bed.
Like millions of others, I tried everything from elaborate morning routines to ridiculously expensive wake-up lights in the futile hope of changing myself into one of those mythical “morning people.”
Nothing has ever helped until I learned that for better mornings, the problem with my morning routine had nothing to do with it.
The answer clear right before me was in the fifteen minutes before I shut my eyes every night.
On a Tuesday morning in September, everything collapsed. I had two exams lined up starting at 8 AM, a presentation that I needed to complete, and lost somewhere in the clutches of the morning haze, I recalled that my younger brother had a school event I wouldn’t be able to miss. Standing in the kitchen, staring at my coffee maker while my mind raced through the endless, forthcoming tasks, I realized I’d reached my max.
This morning, I showed up in mismatched socks, forgot the important points of my presentation, and—worst of all—missed my brother’s…
