I guess we can all confidently say that we hate early mornings. Hate, hate, hate them. Unfortunately, unless you’re self-employed or one of the (un)lucky ones to have a night job, you cannot avoid them.
Eventhough I keep on hating losing my sleep in the mornings, I’ve found that these 5 things get me started every morning. Yes, even Mondays.
- Set your alarm clock to go off a quarter of an hour earlier than usual. That’s not new, but it cannot be stressed out enough. I know it helped me – alot.
- When that damn thing rings, open your eyes. Do it. Then spend some time to mourn over your lost sleep, but only for 2 minutes maximum. Be as grumpy and negative as you want, but keep it short to 2 minutes. Then get up.
- Find your morning ritual and stick to it religiously. Most people already do that, but there is a black sheep every now and then.
- While doing something boring (for example, wait for the coffee machine to finish) take the time and think about something creative, but fun. For example, your next blog post. Or your next session in WoW. Or the next best thing, whatever. Anything to get your creativity flow before work obliges you to be creative.
- Eat something light but nutritious. I don’t eat anything when I wake up, I admit. But I almost always get a mini-breakfast at about 10. Eating can help a lot with mornings, it’s a huge energy boost, especially when you’re recovering from a bad wake up.
Do you have to get up early? What’s your morning rituals and hacks?
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Call me insane, but I’ve never used anything widget-y to do my everyday currency conversions. It’s a no-brainer: launch browser and hit xe.com.
Eventhough with the amount of conversions I do every day I’ve almost learned the conversion rate from US dollars to Euros by heart, I always need a converter to help me decide if a book from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk is a more profitable purchase.
Parenthesis closed. As I saw yesterday, xe.com decided to revamp a little its oh-so-1999 design. Beware, it still keeps some of its old school features, but hey, light blue and zebra rows (well, columns) are a change.
So, xe.com redesigns, yes or no?
xe.com, currency, conversion, conversion rate, redesign
- You must always hit “pause” and buffer YouTube videos before you can play them decently.
- Your top BitTorrent download speeds are in the 30 or 40kbps, even when you’re supposed to have a 768k line.
- Network outages become an annoying everyday trend.
- You experience lag in World of Warcraft even when you’re in the middle of the most deserted area.
- You cannot do two things at a time. Download & surf simultaneously? What are you, mad?
There’s an alarmingly fast pace of Internet downgrade where I live. Sure, it may be that many people in the neighbourhood have also aDSL lines, but why should I care? I pay for my 768k line, month by month, and I want a fluid Internet experience.
Of course, Internet providers are not always to blame. That monster of telecommunications, our beloved OTE, sure knows how to handle so-called broadband.
I’m all for supporting my country. But Greece is pathetic as far as Internet goes, I’ll never cease to say that.
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