A pleasant awakening
It is impossible not to notice that the rest of the day depends on how well you slept and slept well. According to scientific data, the ease of awakening directly depends on what phase of sleep a person is in.
There are 5 stages of sleep: the first, second, third, fourth stages and the stage of paradoxical sleep. In a person in the stage of paradoxical sleep — sleep with dreams — the eyes begin to move very quickly. Therefore, this stage of sleep is called REM sleep (from the English «rapid eye movements», which means «rapid eye movements»). All stages successively replace one another approximately every 90-110 minutes (this is the time of one «cycle» of sleep).
If the alarm clock rings when a person is in a deep sleep phase, waking up will be difficult, and, conversely, it is quite easy to wake up from the so-called rem sleep. Therefore, always leave yourself time to wake up.
Set the alarm clock ten minutes earlier than the scheduled rise, give yourself the opportunity to think of an overlooked dream, gradually enter a new day. The same rule applies to children. Do you want to avoid morning whims? Wake up your children 15 minutes before the scheduled time.
The Power of breakfast
Japanese and Swedish scientists have proven that a delicious and healthy breakfast improves mood and stress resistance for the whole day. Nutritionists claim that a balanced diet begins with breakfast, as it helps to replenish the supply of nutrients consumed overnight, which means it gives energy in the morning. Therefore, in order to have energy and feel full of energy before lunch, make it a rule and teach your kids to eat in the morning.
In order for breakfast to be invigorating for longer, you need to add slow—digesting carbohydrates to it – black bread, buckwheat, rice, millet porridge or ready-made breakfast cereals filled with milk.
It’s great to have breakfast with oatmeal porridge. It charges us with energy for a long time, and besides, it envelops the gastric mucosa and extinguishes increased acidity. By the way, pediatricians highly recommend giving various cereal dishes for breakfast and babies.
In addition, if the child has a good appetite, you can offer meat or fish dishes in combination with a side dish in the morning. If you don’t like porridge yourself, you can replace them with yogurt, cottage cheese or a couple of sandwiches with fish or chicken. But it is better to transfer the use of protein food to lunchtime.
Let there be color!
Psychologists say that the color of clothes can affect not only mood, but also well-being. Green has a calming effect on the nervous system, relieves headache, fatigue, irritability. Red energizes and improves performance. Yellow stimulates brain activity. Purple improves the functioning of the heart, blood vessels and lungs. In addition, this color increases the endurance of the body. Orange improves mood, so it is simply irreplaceable in stressful situations. To make life easier for yourself and your family on cold and cloudy days, try to choose bright colors of clothes. Buy yourself a bright red dress, a tie or a sweater with bright inserts for your husband, and pick up more colorful things for your baby. And you will see how the general family mood will rise!
Music for the soul
The beneficial effect of musical works on the human condition has been known since ancient times. In the III century BC, in the Parthian Kingdom, with the help of specially selected melodies, they were treated for melancholy, nervous disorders and heart pains.
Little has changed since then. Music still affects our senses and awakens various emotions. Therefore, to maintain your tone, turn on cheerful, invigorating music in the morning. It will adjust the internal organs to work in the right rhythm, make you wake up faster and smile.
