How To Have A Good Day... Guaranteed

Feel like you’re always chasing your tail? Turns out there is an optimum time for every task. Meet the clever way to clock on...

- Gemma Askham

Getting a seat on the metro—but not the one beside the man with his fly undone eating a burger... Being the chosen one for the free coffee at Costa... Thought a good day at work was all about the external? Wrong. There is a way to take back control—simply by scheduling your day according to science, so you can work out the best way to do, well, everything. Read on, your new time-table awaits...

7:30AM

Awaken to Coldplay

Let Chris Martin wake you up (not in that way). Music has been shown to shake off that sleepy headfuzz. Music psychologist David M Greenberg found Viva La Vida is the perfect wake-up tune because it has three crucial elements for stirring your brain: a slow build, positive lyrics, and a strong tempo of 100 to 130 bpm. Check out Clean Bandit’s Rather Be if you’re not into Coldplay.

7:45AM

Stretch Out

You know your really Zenned-out yogi friend? She’s onto something other than the ability to scratch her nose with her toe. A study by the Indian Journal Of Psychiatry tested cortisol (aka the stress hormone) levels in 58 patients, and found they were significantly lowered in those who practised yoga daily. The best move? Child’s pose. “Having your head on the ground brings pressure to the vagus nerves which, when stimulated, help trigger the ‘rest and digest’ part of our nervous system,” says Triyoga’s Lucy McCarthy. Bring on the chill.

9:35AM

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