Start your morning on the wrong foot, and the rest of the day will gladly follow. But hey, at least you’ll know exactly why it’s going downhill. Here are five surefire ways to have a crappy day. How many do you engage in?
Hit Snooze… Six Times: Nothing says “chaos incoming” like starting your day already behind schedule. Keep hitting snooze until you’re in a full-blown panic, then sprint out the door with mismatched socks and no breakfast.
Scroll Social Media Before Getting Out of Bed: Fill your brain with drama, bad news, and other people’s highlight reels before you’ve even had coffee. Bonus points if you start comparing your life to strangers’ curated feeds.
Skip Breakfast (But Chug Coffee): Who needs balanced blood sugar when you can run purely on caffeine jitters and irritability? Extra credit if you drink it on an empty stomach and wonder why you’re edgy by 10 a.m.
Leave Your To-Do List in Your Head: Why bother writing things down when you can keep a jumble of half-remembered tasks swirling around in your brain all day? It’s a great way to forget something important and feel stressed about it later.
Ignore the Mirror (or Critique Everything You See): Either rush past without a second glance or spend ten minutes picking apart your appearance. Both are guaranteed to chip away at your confidence before you’ve even started your day.
Here’s to a thorough self-assessment of how you start your morning and better days to come!
