Put Away Your Phone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your smartphone is a distraction that can quickly eat away the hours that you have available each morning. To avoid this pitfall, put your phone away and don’t check it until after breakfast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doing this will enable you to take full advantage of all the benefits that the early morning hours have to offer rather than falling down the rabbit hole of time-wasting distractions that your phone creates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting your phone aside for a few hours every morning allows you to enjoy a block of time to yourself each day without being sucked in by outside distractions. Being constantly connected to an entire world that is always at your fingertips comes with plenty of advantages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, it comes with several drawbacks if you don’t ever truly take time to yourself and enjoy the real world without being distracted by the online world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you can condition yourself to put your phone aside for just a short period of time each morning, though, you can take time to truly enjoy what a world without the internet has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exercise <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The early morning is by far the best time to workout. Not only are you much more refreshed in the morning than you are in the afternoon following a long day at work, but exercising in the morning enables you to get your blood flowing and your energy buzzing before you start the workday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this way, exercising in the early morning as opposed to putting it off until later offers dual benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one, people who set aside time to exercise in the morning are more likely to reach their exercise goals than those who put it off until later in the afternoon when they are already worn out from the day’s earlier tasks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simultaneously, exercising first thing in the morning can also provide you with a jolt of energy that will shake out any cobwebs from the night’s sleep and leave you ready to take on the day.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stretch<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stretching and exercise go hand in hand, and before you begin your exercise routine, it’s a good idea to start with a stretching routine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one, stretching before you exercise can dramatically reduce the likelihood of incurring an injury such as a pulled muscle during your exercise routine. But the benefits of stretching in the morning don’t stop there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to helping you avoid workout-related injuries, studies have shown that stretching regularly can go a long way toward keeping your joints loose and limber as you age and may even be able to help prevent the onset of conditions such as arthritis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t know how to get started stretching, there are plenty of great resources online that outline beneficial stretching routines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking up yoga is another great way to get your stretches in, though simply adopting a short but effective stretching routine and completing it every morning will work just as well if yoga isn’t for you.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a Cold Shower<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Research has shown that taking cold showers can provide you with a rush of adrenaline that will wake you up and help you be more productive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It certainly won’t be very comfortable at first, but if you can handle taking a cold shower in the morning, the benefits are noteworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to get started taking cold showers is, to begin with, a normal warm shower, then switch the water from cold to cold for as long as you can stand it. If you do this regularly, you should eventually get to the point where you can endure the cold water for longer and longer periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to providing you with a rush of adrenaline that will help you start your day on a high-energy note, there are several other benefits to taking a cold shower in the morning as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one, cold water is incredibly healthy for your hair and skin. Research has shown that taking cold showers in the morning can also improve your circulation, reduce muscle soreness, and potentially even promote weight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoid Hitting the Snooze Button<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hitting the snooze button on their alarm multiple times before they wake is a morning ritual for many people. However, this habit causes much more harm than good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one, the process of waking up and falling back asleep multiple times in the morning makes it difficult for your body to fall into a routine sleep pattern and is a big reason why so many people wake up in the morning, still feeling groggy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you wake up at the right time in your sleep cycle, you will feel much more alert and refreshed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this, eight hours of sleep can sometimes feel much more refreshing in the morning than eight and half hours of sleep if you are forcing that extra half hour by disrupting your sleep cycle and mashing the snooze button repeatedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eat a Healthy Breakfast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are plenty of good reasons why breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to be productive and energetic, you need to give your body the right fuel to start the day by eating a healthy breakfast each morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, healthy doesn’t mean that you have to put a ton of time into preparing your breakfast each morning. Typical breakfast foods that tend to require a lot of preparation, such as pancakes, hash browns, and bacon, aren’t all that healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, stick to genuinely healthy breakfast items such as oatmeal, fruit, and whole-grain cereal to make the most of this all-important meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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