How do you start your day?



Most people get out of bed after hitting the snooze a couple of times, then get out of bed, rush to get ready, get the kids out of bed if they have them, then rush to work.

The Freelance Folder blog has five steps to get a productive day started.

The first suggestion is to get a good night sleep. Everyone needs to get a good nights rest in order to be fully ready for the day ahead. While there is going to be times that you cannot sleep for whatever reason, you need to make an attempt to get a minimum of 6 to 8 hours sleep.

Next you need to do something in the morning to get your juices going. I used to go on walks every morning to get ready for the day but recently I have bought a bicycle and ride my bike in the crisp morning air. Zig Ziglar has suggested that you take 20 to 30 minutes for some quite time to prepare for the day.

The third suggestion is to eat a good breakfast. As I mentioned in early most people wake up so late that they forget to have a good breakfast. Instead they get a donut or some other pastry on the way to work when they stop off for their morning coffee. Many nutritional experts will tell you that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and you should eat like a king for breakfast while eat like out of money college student for dinner.

Fourth, you need to clarify exactly what you need to do to make the day productive. In other words what are your goals for the day and how will it make it productive? In the second suggestion I mentioned Zig Ziglar and his quite time. As part of your quite time you should be figuring out what you need to do in order to have a productive day.

Finally, the fifth suggestion is to get into work mode. This will be different things for different people once you have done all the above you need to get your mind into work mode and be ready for steady day of work and to accomplish your goals for the day.