{"id":714,"date":"2023-12-12T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latterly.org\/?p=714"},"modified":"2023-12-18T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T15:59:00","slug":"morning-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latterly.org\/morning-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Supercharge your Morning Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

You probably rushed out the door this morning, frantically getting to work just in time for your first meeting. Maybe you were lucky enough to get your\u00a0morning coffee<\/a>, but maybe not.<\/p>\n

I feel your pain \u2013 this was my every morning for a long time.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always had the ability to waste extreme amounts of time getting ready in the morning, and I\u2019ve had to work hard to get my routine down to a respectable amount of time.<\/p>\n

Luckily I\u2019ve found some ways to speed up my morning routine, so I\u2019m out the door with time to spare (most of the time, anyway).<\/p>\n

I started with the usual hacks to speed up my morning routine, such as\u00a0getting a better night\u2019s sleep, getting clothes ready before work, and drinking water right when rolling out of bed.<\/p>\n

But, after all that, my routine was still too long.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019ve taken additional steps to make my morning routine even faster. And they work!<\/p>\n

6 Ways to Supercharge your morning routine<\/h2>\n

1. Get permanent makeup<\/h3>\n

Permanent makeup<\/a>\u00a0can speed up your morning routine by 5-10 minutes! The many options for permanent makeup include eyebrow microblading (or shading), eyeliner, lip color, and lip liner.<\/p>\n

A couple of years ago, my eyebrows were microbladed, which nicely sped up my morning routine.<\/p>\n

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My natural eyebrows are blond and too short to frame my face properly. Before microblading, I would spend much time each morning trying to shape and color in a normal-looking brow.<\/p>\n

The microblading, which took two appointments (and admittedly was painful), resulted in normally shaped brows you can actually see.<\/p>\n

I still have to add color to my brows with an eyebrow gel put on with a mascara wand, but it takes 5 seconds, and my brows are in the right shape every day!<\/p>\n

Consider permanent makeup to eliminate the makeup steps that take you the longest in the morning.<\/p>\n

2. Wash your hair less often<\/h3>\n

I used to be a seven-day-a-week hair washer. Not only is this bad for the environment (e.g., using more shampoo, more water, more time on the blowdryer), but it also takes much more time.<\/p>\n

I now go up to four days without washing, and I know many women that go longer!<\/p>\n

If you are currently an every day (or every other day) washer, follow these steps to start to stretch it out four or five days (or more):<\/p>\n