If mornings in your house are a bit chaotic, I have a question for you.
What happens the night before?
In my experience, calm mornings aren't created in the morning. They're created the night before, in about 20 minutes, when everyone is fed and the pressure is off.
Here's the evening habit that changed our mornings completely:
→ Bags packed and by the door before anyone goes to bed.
→ Tomorrow's outfits decided (and ideally laid out) the night before - for the kids and for me.
→ Lunchboxes prepped, or at least the plan decided, so there's no standing in front of the fridge at 7:30am.
→ A quick check of the calendar so nothing surprises me - sports day, early drop off, permission slips due.
→ Kitchen benches cleared before bed, so I wake up to a clean slate.
None of this is revolutionary. But done consistently, it means mornings go from reactive to calm. (Lol I didn't believe it either at first but it really happens!)
The morning version of you will be so grateful to the evening version of you who did this.
💗 What's the one thing that, if it were done the night before, would make your mornings feel 10x better?
x Marissa
Marissa Roberts
Organising tips to make life easier for busy mothers
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