Starting your day by avoiding certain activities helps you give your best and stay focused.
- Certain morning activities can influence the efficiency and well-being of the day to come.
- Preparing your working day the day before allows you to start the morning with a lighter mental load, and therefore to begin your tasks with more clarity and serenity.
- Reading all your emails immediately is not advisable, as it can send our thoughts in multiple directions, depleting mental energy before we even start the day.
The start of the day is often a time of mental clarity when concentration and energy are at their peak. Certain morning activities can therefore influence the efficiency and well-being of the day to come.
Prepare the day before
Starting the day by planning your tasks for the day may seem like an organized approach, but in reality it is counterproductive. Indeed, in the morning, while the mind is still in transition between sleep and work, getting into planning can induce stress and waste valuable time.
A more effective alternative is to prepare the day before, preferably at the end of the day, when the mind is relaxed and away from immediate pressure. At this time it is possible to consider the next day’s tasks with more clarity and serenity by freeing the morning from this mental burden of planning.
Think twice before checking your emails
If a lot of us check our emails at the start of the day, it can be a habit that unnecessarily disperses attention. Indeed, although emails may not seem to require intense concentration, they can send our thoughts in multiple directions, depleting mental energy before we even begin the day.
Sorting is then necessary to prioritize urgent tasks from those that can be postponed to a less crucial time of the day, such as before lunch or late in the afternoon, when the priority tasks have been accomplished.
Postpone viewing news
Watching social networks, television or listening to the radio as soon as you wake up may seem like a way to stay informed, but in reality it hides a significant dispersion of attention. Just like emails, this seemingly innocuous activity consumes precious mental energy that could be invested in more demanding and complex tasks.
Morning is therefore the ideal time to focus on tasks that require maximum concentration. Don’t hesitate to postpone checking the news until later in your day to keep your focus on morning priorities.
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