A Guide to Enjoying Early Mornings
We all know someone who likes to wake up at the crack of dawn and sing to the birds about the dream they just had. But where do these people come from? Is there a special school where people are trained to be fresh-faced and energetic as soon as the sky starts to pale? Or maybe a secret organization uses special rituals to transform regular mortals into early birds? It may very well be that being a morning person is an inherent quality and it cannot be taught.
Studies have shown that morning people tend to be more successful at their jobs, get better grades, and are generally more proactive. This means half of the problems in many of our lives would be solved if we could just sleep less. But what can you possibly do between 6 and 9 a.m., other than sleep?
Study
Everyone has, at least once in their life, heard about how studying early in the morning is extremely effective. After a whole night's rest, your brain is supposedly relaxed and ready to acquire new information. Your terrible grades should be a good enough motivator to get you out of your bed. Plus, there's nothing more enjoyable than trying to memorise the names of the twelve cranial nerves at 6 in the morning. Although, crying about your weak memory and bleak future at 6:15 comes pretty close.
Exercise
That's right. Drag your yawning and poorly-co-ordinated self out onto the streets for a jog. Crashing into a car is a real possibility, even though they will be scarce in the roads, so you could always just use a treadmill at home. Yoga would be a great idea, too. Apparently, there are little distractions so early in the day, apart from your droopy eyes and protesting body. Also, morning workouts are supposed to leave people feeling energized and more focused on the tasks ahead of them. I've always believed that the best start to the day is with muscle cramps reminding you of all the fat you burned in the morning.
Admire Nature
Imagine this: You wake up with a flutter of your eyelids, greeted by the view of the graying building opposite your window. The soft morning light is dancing across the bird droppings on your window sill. Somewhere nearby, a crow is cawing like it is being tortured by a demonic spirit. Soothing, isn't it?
Real Talk
Chances are, you just plain despise mornings and have no intentions of changing that. Yet your workload/classes force you to get up at messed up hours. There is only one way to deal with this: Blast some Bring Me the Horizon at full volume and gulp down a heavily caffeinated beverage. Make yourself some toast and throw the burnt parts at the crow to shut it up (You could also caw right back at it, to give it a taste of its own medicine, but that could lead to awkward questions). Spend some time complaining about how your education or your job is draining the life out of you and turning you into an empty shell of a being. Tell yourself that you are completely done with life, and you just don't give a flying fluff anymore. Then hastily change out of your pajamas and run out the door, since you're probably late.
Just let the sorry cycle repeat itself. Being proactive is overrated, anyway.
Despite being a hopeless fangirl, Marisha Aziz lives under delusions of awesomeness. Contact her at [email protected] to give her another excuse to ignore her teetering pile of life problems.
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