Stacey Solomon Drawer-a-Day Morning

The runsheet

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   One act kindness to start

   Acts of kindness

   Ten minutes of care before the day starts asking things of you. Stacey's approach is famously kind-to-yourself first, kind-to-the-kids second; the two often look the same. A note left out for one of them, a quiet hello-back to the dog, a kind sentence said out loud about yourself in the mirror. The point is warmth and care.

   10 min activitySetup 3 min · Reset 3 min · 16 min all-in

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2. Bearmore’s thoughts on doing acts of kindness before tidying & cleaning (mindful)

   This is a strong combination because cleaning extends the same caring posture out to your space, keeping the giving mode active rather than fading.

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   One job only

   Tidying & cleaning (mindful)

   Fifteen minutes on a single job, this is the Tap to Tidy framing in miniature. One drawer emptied and re-set. One kitchen surface cleared and wiped. Once you have picked it, you don’t roam to the next thing. Stacey's recurring point is that whole rooms are an evening's job, but one drawer is a morning's.

   15 min activitySetup 3 min · Reset 3 min · 21 min all-in

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3. Bearmore’s thoughts on doing tidying & cleaning (mindful) before cooking (mindful)

   This is an excellent pairing because cooking in a freshly cleaned space feels especially satisfying, building on the sense of order and care.

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   Breakfast for the family

   Cooking (mindful)

   Fifteen minutes preparing breakfast as a real meal rather than a grab-and-go. Toast, eggs, porridge, fruit cut up, juice poured. The Sort Your Life Out arc is partly about reclaiming the kitchen as the family's room rather than the family's bottleneck.

   15 min activitySetup 5 min · Reset 5 min · 25 min all-in

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4. Bearmore’s thoughts on doing cooking (mindful) before eating (mindful)

   This is an excellent pairing because eating what you've just cooked mindfully completes the full cycle from preparation to nourishment with intention.

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   Sit and eat with them

   Eating (mindful)

   Fifteen minutes at the table with whoever is up, eating the food you just made. Not standing at the counter, not eating in the car. A second cup of tea is welcome. If they have time to sit, they will sit; if they don’t, you sit anyway.

   15 min activitySetup 3 min · Reset 3 min · 21 min all-in

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5. Time well spent.

   1h 23m that belonged to you — not the inbox, not anyone else.