Plan Your Day the Night Before

When you wake up without a plan, you spend your freshest hours deciding what to do instead of doing it. Five minutes the night before — writing down your top three priorities for tomorrow — means you can hit the ground running. Your morning self does not have to negotiate with a blank slate.

This is not about scheduling every minute. It is about removing the decision fatigue that eats your morning energy. When you sit down and already know what matters most, you skip the drift and go straight to work.