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Mornings can be rough for many people who tend to feel sleepy pretty regularly, which in turn makes them report feeling irritable a lot of the time. And yes, it’s hard to feel cheery when you’re overtired and stressed — much of which, alas, is outside of people’s control.
Between doomscrolling social media, replacing breakfast with coffee and not getting any fresh air, we are certainly aware of the behaviors that are harmful to our physical and mental health. But, unfortunately, it’s easy to fall into these behavior traps.
In a culture of toxic positivity, it can feel particularly bad when you wake up and aren’t feeling totally happy. This is likely exacerbated when you open up your Instagram or Facebook feeds only to see smiling friends on vacation or at their wedding.
“You might never wear high heels again,” my podiatrist said after diagnosing me with Morton’s neuroma, a painful thickening of tissue on the balls of my feet that can be brought on by unideal footwear choices. It felt like a death sentence for 20-something-year-old me living in New York City, the fashion capital of the world, but it was the least of my problems. I was 15-20 pounds heavier than I wanted to be, chronically stressed to the point that my hair was falling out, and my only mindfulness practice at the time was social smoking and eating pommes frites to soak up the alcohol after an evening of bar-hopping.