Enough with the Morning Advice Already

I’ll admit that there is some good, practical morning advice here, some of which I try to follow — rehydrate, healthy breakfast, etc.

But I am significantly rubbed the wrong way by the suggestion that starting your day like billionaires is the path to success. Glad that Richard Branson uses his early hours (even when he’s on his private island!) for exercise and breakfast, but I’ll bet the help was up even earlier.

I won’t be able to join Anna Wintour for her morning hour of tennis because I lack the staff to keep my tennis whites white, or to clean up last night’s dinner or have my supremely healthy and delicious breakfast prepared upon my return. And I don’t have a driver yet and who is going to the grocery? And someone needs to get that cat vomit in the laundry room.

Sorry if this just sounds like so many sour grapes, but these lists of how the world’s wealthiest start their day seem like unrealistic reaching for stars to many of us — and frankly a waste of our precious time.

Some people should absolutely not be morning people because they get their best work done in the middle of the night. And some people don’t have the luxury of or the interest in some long-winded ‘routine’. Let’s not imagine that there’s a right way for all of us.

Drink water, make your bed, exercise, eat well, prioritize your day — but only if you want to and only when it works for you and your own specially built personal machine.

And I would argue that sometimes it’s better to not catch up on the news.