Well, some days don’t even feel hard in one big obvious way; they just feel bitty, like everything is happening in weird little fragments and nothing has a proper rhythm.
The morning starts with looking for something that should’ve been easy to find, the afternoon gets interrupted by one tiny errand that somehow throws everything off (and yes, sometimes errands do that), and by evening, there’s this annoying feeling that the whole day has been one long game of catching up with yourself. Sure, simple setups can work, and some people do that, some people are able to do that, and others, well, it’s still scattered.
Well, it’s not always that someone is disorganised in some huge, life-falling-apart way (you see that in movies but not too often in real life, though). And sometimes it’s just that the same tiny things keep interrupting the flow, the same decisions keep needing to be made, the same essentials keep running out, and the same “where did that go?” moments, it’s usually just things like that instead.
What part of the day always feels messy?
Well, the easiest place to begin is usually the part of the day that keeps feeling slightly cursed. For some people, it’s the morning, when everything feels rushed before the day has even had the decency to start properly. But for others, it’s getting out the door, taking work breaks, running errands, or trying to wind down at night without the brain listing off tasks until bedtime (and bad memories). For some, maybe all day, every day is this big stress test, but hopefully, you only have one challenging time of the day.
So yeah, instead of trying to fix the whole routine at once (good luck even doing that) it makes more sense to look at the one part that keeps causing problems. If mornings always feel messy, the answer might be setting things out the night before. Like, if evenings feel scattered, the answer might be stopping the day from bleeding into every single spare minute. If errands keep eating up free time, the answer might be better restocking habits before things run out completely.
Keep refills from interrupting your routine
You know how there are some people who bulk buy things in order to keep on top of what they own? Like there’s always shampoo in the supply closet, so there’s never going to be a shower without shampoo, or a bathroom without toilet paper, or a morning without coffee, things like that. Well, if your home has that type of space, why not do that?
It technically is a nice way to not have your routine, well, let alone your day, feeling scattered. Be it IVG Pro refills if you vape, coffee if you drink that in the morning, or whatever else that’s a part of your day, it can help to have these things in your home in bulk, so it means fewer chances of your days getting hijacked with an errand or you’re in a bad mood for not having something.
Why not end the day in a way that helps tomorrow?
Some people are so bad at doing this when this could literally make their lives easier. Like plan your outfit the night prior so you’re not going through your closet complaining that you have nothing to wear. Find everything you need the night prior and have it read and in your bag for tomorrow, and just do things today that can make tomorrow easier. Like maybe what you do tonight can mean that there’s less to do in the morning, so maybe you can sleep a few extra minutes. This is a habit that can seriously just make mornings so much easier, but it’s on you to start that habit.
Image from Pexels.