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Do It the Night Before
The problem
Mornings carry all the heavy lifting, and the morning is exactly when everyone has the least patience to give it.
The fix
Move the work to the evening, when the house is calmer. Bags packed, clothes out, lunches made. Morning-you just has to walk out the door — and morning-you is very grateful.
How to actually do it
- 1Run the 'walk-out' in your head: what does tomorrow morning actually need? Lay it all out tonight.
- 2Clothes out, bags packed, lunches made, bottles filled — into the Launch Pad.
- 3Make it the last thing after dinner, part of closing the day down, not a separate chore.
Why it works
Mornings are when everyone has the least patience and the most to get done. Doing the heavy lifting the night before — when the house is calm — means morning turns into just putting shoes on and leaving.
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