The Gay UK November 2015 Issue 16 | Page 104

How we wake up
sets us up for the
rest of our day.
Sadly most
people these
days wake up
as stressed as
they went to
bed. This means
that we often
wake up dreading
the day instead of
being ready to take it on. It
is easy to change this by doing a
few simple things in your early
morning routine, but a lot of
people think this might take too
much time.

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This is a misconception as in fact:
taking a few minutes in the morning to
get ready for the day will boost your
energy levels and will make you work
faster: leaving you with more time by
the end of the day to do things you
really want to do: like hobbies.
1. Avoid screens (1): Waking up
clear headed begins with going to
bed clear headed. Stop turning on
your computer late at night
thinking “I'll just do that one last
thing ...” as we all know you'll still
be doing that one last thing at
3.00AM. Instead of pulling all
nighters you'll be far more
productive during the day if you
avoid flashing screens altogether for
at-least half an hour before you go
to sleep. Rest your mind with a
book or listening to some so gB