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7 Things I Do To Make It A Great Day

These little things can make a huge difference in your day.

Giannina Garcia

Feb 20, 2019

George Washington University

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1. Prepare the night before

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Pack your lunch, organize your backpack, and plan your outfit. It may seem simple and almost juvenile, in respects to the whole outfit planning, but it saves so much time. You no longer have to rush around looking for a matching pair of socks or resort to grabbing a box of cereal to eat for lunch. You'll feel less rushed and will have more time to get ready.

2. Wake up on the first alarm--- and earlier than necessary

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The snooze button is great, we are best friends; however, I find that I am more tired after hitting it. It is best to drag yourself out of bed by any means necessary. Also, waking up earlier than normal helps start your day off on a productive note.

3. Do not check social media or email in bed

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Just don't. If you are like me, you will psych yourself out by looking at all of things that need to be done. Get out of bed and start your morning instead of stalling and getting lost in endless scrolling.

4. Eat breakfast

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It is the most important meal of the day. It provides energy and can prevent you from feeling starved until lunch time. Even if you just grab a banana on the run, it is still something.

5. Tell yourself something you are proud of and something you are looking forward to

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Whether I woke up on the wrong side of the bed or not, I like to tell myself something I accomplished that had made me proud. It can something as simple as waking up on the first alarm or finally handing in that assignment you have been stressing over. Likewise, I pick something to look forward, maybe it is the lunch I packed or maybe I have an exciting event at work. It really helps.

6. Make your bed

I heard somewhere that you should always make your bed because even if everything else in the day goes terribly wrong, you can come home to a clean space. I try to follow and it does help me start the day with an uncluttered mindset.

7. Be consistent

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It takes an average person 21 days to form a habit. (I am still trying to figure it out).

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7 Things I Do To Make It A Great Day

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1. Prepare the night before

2. Wake up on the first alarm--- and earlier than necessary

3. Do not check social media or email in bed

4. Eat breakfast

5. Tell yourself something you are proud of and something you are looking forward to

6. Make your bed

7. Be consistent

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2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

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4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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