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Building a Calmer Morning
For mornings that start with a scramble and set the tone for the whole day. Each day is one small change to the first hour, so you begin from somewhere steadier.
Mornings · Habits · Stress · one to-do a day · you choose how many days
The first seven days
- Day 1Lay out tomorrow's clothes tonight.
- Day 2Keep your phone off for the first ten minutes after you wake up.
- Day 3Drink a full glass of water before anything else this morning.
- Day 4Open a window or step outside for two minutes of fresh air when you get up.
- Day 5Set your alarm ten minutes earlier and use the time for nothing in particular.
- Day 6Eat something for breakfast today, sitting down, without a screen.
- Day 7Make your bed as the first small thing you finish today.
Further into the year
The to-dos keep changing as the year goes on. A few from later in this theme:
- Day 30Look back at this challenge and write down the two morning changes that helped most. Keep those.
- Day 60Keep the radio, television, and podcasts off until you have finished your first drink of the day.
- Day 120Fold one item of laundry or put away one dish this morning and let that count as your tidy.
- Day 240Leave a note for tomorrow morning that says only "slowly," and put it where you will see it first.
- Day 365Notice the first color you see when you open your eyes this morning and say it to yourself.
How a challenge works
A Theraglee challenge is a theme with one small to-do for every day of a year. You choose how long yours runs, anywhere from a week to the full year, and each day you get the next to-do: something that takes a few minutes and fits inside an ordinary day. Tick it off when it is done. Nothing is scored and nothing is lost if you miss a day; the next to-do is simply waiting when you come back.
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