Somewhere along the way on my journey from third grade to adulthood, I lost sight of the easiest and most rewarding task of all-laying out tomorrow’s outfit. I light my favorite candle, dim the lights, and play some Mumford & Sons radio to set the mood. While I’m soaking, I like to call a friend, read an excerpt from my latest and greatest book obsession, or catch up on my IG feed. Should I get that checked out by a doctor or, at the very least, up my cardio game? Also, probably. Am I sweating from bending over to pick up all of my clutter from my last outfit crisis? Probably. Why has it taken me so long to get on board with taking baths? My bath time is my me time, and those 30 minutes help me to wind down after power cleaning. After rinsing my remaining dishes and popping them into the dishwasher, I do a quick tidy-up of the rest of my living space (I save deep cleaning for the weekend when I have more time to do that sort of thing). Tidying up as I go makes doing the remaining dishes after dinner so much more tolerable.
It sounds so simple, but as we all have experienced at one point or another, there’s nothing worse than staring at dirty cookware and dishes after eating and slipping into a food coma. The dinnertime productivity hack that absolutely changed my life is making an effort to clean up my kitchen messes as I’m cooking. Typically I’ll opt for a recipe that I can cook for one and save for dinner for the next few days. For dinner, I grab my fav glass of vino, pick a recipe to whip up, and listen to my favorite podcast. When I realized that I simply could not afford using Grubhub or Doordash every night, I bought Tieghan Gerard’s Half Baked Harvest Super Simple Cookbook to turn my life around. I used to hate cooking until stay-at-home orders hit. Right now, I’ll do an at-home workout or go for a one to three-mile run, and I’ll opt to work out outside so that I can get some fresh air.Ģ. While the idea of a late-night workout excites me, I try to exercise before dinner so that it’s easier for me to wind down afterward. I’ve found that, as with most things, my workouts are most productive after a workday when I’ve used the day to hydrate and I’ve consumed at least two meals. I truly cannot count the number of times that I’ve set my alarm two hours early to workout and decided, in the early hours of the morning, that REM sleep is cooler than squats. Here are the eight habits that have made my evenings productive and have helped me to embrace the fact that I am, in fact, a night owl: The early bird gets the worm, but the worm that sleeps in doesn’t get eaten, am I right? I’ve felt guilty for “failing” at morning routines for far too long, but after curating an evening routine that fits my peak energy time and makes me feel like a superhero, I’d like to argue that night owls are just as badass as the humans who work out, clean, meal prep, meditate, and do a 57-step skincare routine before they log on for work. PSA: You don’t have to be a morning person to live a healthy, productive life. At this point, I’ve come to accept who I am: a night owl who would rather get shit done in the evening than during the morning. No matter how many tips and tricks that I’ve tried in my efforts to become a morning person, I just can’t hang before 10am. If you speak to me before my morning coffee, there’s a 99 percent chance that what you said did not register. I have an affinity for hitting my snooze button anywhere from four to nine times a morning (I wish that was an exaggeration). I have a reputation amongst my friends and family to prioritize sleeping in over most things in life.
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