It’s easy to let a busy schedule get the best of you, but injecting your routine with a little efficiency can be the difference between feeling like your life is a mess and ending the work day with zero stress. To help you simplify your life ASAP, we’ve laid out a few tips to help you optimize your day, and make sure you still have some time to relax.
Plan your day ahead. Whether you write down a to-do list for the following day or set out your outfit the night before, planning ahead is always a good idea. This easy habit helps you have a more efficient morning, and also saves some of that optimal morning brain power for your A.M. team meeting. You’ll also be able to wake up feeling like you’re going to own the day, instead of stumbling through it.
Make dinner simpler. There’s nothing worse than having to put your chef’s hat on after a long and tiring day, so where here with an easy tip on how to spend less time in front of the stove and more time de-stressing with a good book. Befriend your oven on days where you’re feeling more couch potato and less Rachel Ray, so that you can simply pop the ingredients inside and wait for the timer to go off. Get some recipe inspiration here.
Tidy up. Chances are that the last thing on your to-do list at night is cleaning up, way behind bathing, eating, e-mailing, and Netflixing. Avoid having to tidy up your space before bedtime by dedicating 10 minutes every morning to putting everything away (like those five pairs of pants you denied while getting dressed). That way, your room will always stay clean without having to sacrifice your sleep (or sanity).