What your morning habits show about you
What
are your morning habits?
Are
you happy with your morning habits?
Going to bed early, or to bed late tell
information about us.
Some people jump out of bed early. Other
people don’t. Everyone spends their mornings in their own different way.
But did you know that your morning habits
say a lot about your personality and how successful you'll be?
According to Suzy Ashworth, a mindset and
marketing coach, there are common habits for each type of person.
Look at the types of people below and
decide what you are.
The
early bird
You wake before 6am. Then you go to
exercise and make a list of things to do for that day.
Waking up before everyone else means you
can decide how your day will go. You will feel more in control and less likely
to be angry. You will be less likely to be a frazzled lover. You are not rushing to catch the train or get to
work
And so you won’t start the day with a bad vibe. You're someone who is proactive and can see clearly how you
want to have a good day. You're also someone who likes to do things perfectly.
You really want to succeed in life.
The last-minute person
You are the person who turns your alarm off
many times. You eat breakfast too quickly if you have time to eat it.
You may be the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of person. You may be a person
who is not organized. But you can still achieve things.
Every morning is chaos. You prepare for the day on the way to work on the subway.
This usually is okay but looks like you are
not in control to other people.
The night bird:
You
prepare everything the night before so you're ready to hit the ground running. And so you can afford to oversleep sometimes.
The night before, you get your clothes
ready. You organize everything that your children need. You have many things on
your ‘to do’ list. Small details are
very important to you. But be careful not to be too rigid in how you live.
Try
to guess the meaning of the words in bold and match them with their closest
meaning from the choices in the right. Some of the answers are very close and
have similar meaning. The meaning of these words is how they are used in the
reading. Some of these words have different meanings in the dictionary
depending on how they are used.
The
answers are below the table.
The early bird
|
A
|
1
|
To be messy and not in control
|
frazzled
|
B
|
2
|
Someone who lives in a reactive way, they
do things without a plan
|
vibe
|
C
|
3
|
To be ready and waste no time in getting
started on doing something
|
proactive
|
D
|
4
|
Someone who wakes up early every day
|
fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants
|
E
|
5
|
To start doing things without being told
or asked. To see what needs to be done and to start on it early
|
chaos
|
F
|
6
|
Strict, not moveable
|
hit the ground running
|
G
|
7
|
Out of control
|
rigid
|
H
|
8
|
A feeling you get from a place or person
|
A=4, B=1, C=8, D=5, E=2, F=7,
G=3, H=6
Some
example sentences using the new words or phrases from the meaning of how they
are used in the reading to help you understand better.
1.
If you want to be a great
athlete then you need to be an early
bird, someone who gets to they gym early.
2.
My mother was always frazzled because she had 6 children who
were hard to control.
3.
This live music bar has a great
vibe.
4.
Proactive people don’t wait for
something to happen, they already are prepared for it.
5.
I used to be less prepared and fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants, but these
days, I changed my ways and am very prepared.
6.
When the coach took over our
team it was chaos, but now
everything is organized.
7.
We need to hit the ground running on Monday and be ready to begin working at
9am.
8.
If you want to be a good
parent, then you should not be too rigid.
You should be flexible.
Some
questions using the new words/phrases. Try to use the words/phrases in your
answer.
1.
Are you an early bed? would you
like to be an early bird?
2.
What things make you frazzled?
3.
Think of a bar or café you go
to Describe the vibe.
4.
Would you like to be more proactive?
5.
Are there some jobs where a ‘fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants type’ of
person is best?
6.
Some people can’t survive in chaos? How about you? If there is chaos around you, then what do you do?
7.
Why is hitting the ground running important sometimes?
8.
Could being rigid be a bad thing? When?