The Ultimate (Realistic) Morning Routine for Working Moms

The ultimate sanity-saving morning routine for working moms has nothing to do with Instagram-worthy smoothies and unrealistic energy levels…

The alarm jars you awake. It’s not a peaceful alarm, it’s the submarine ping from “The Hunt for Red October” (if you are anything like me, Sean Connery’s voice will read you the rest of this article).

You rub your eyes, stretch as much as possible (so you don’t wake the kid that crawled into your bed at midnight…), and you step out of bed onto the warm floor. Who are we kidding?! The floor is freezing, you just stepped on the kid’s Lego, and you did your best to hold in several wordy-dirds. Good Morning!!

“I’m not an early bird or a night owl. I’m some form of permanently exhausted pigeon” (unknown).

If this quote doesn’t speak to you, a) I am envious, and b) this article on the ultimate morning routine for working moms is clearly not for you. If the quote does resonate, then keep reading for realistic tips to build the ultimate morning routine…

The ultimate morning routine starts the night before…

This article is about the ultimate morning routine for working moms, but to be honest with you, the ultimate morning routine starts the night before…