The 6 Smartest Things You Can Do Every Night and Morning

Waking up and getting the day started is one of the toughest parts of the day. Everything you have to do is jumbled and floating around in your head. You want nothing more than to just stay in bed. But you can’t because you have a life and people that depend on you. It’s bad enough that you have responsibilities, but you have to dress nice too? I don’t know about you all, but picking clothes in the morning is one of the most frustrating things about starting my day.

We want to do it all. We want to feel energized from our morning exercise. We want to actually get a decent breakfast in. And we want to look good for the day to come. Often striving for these things is what keeps people from being the “morning person” that so many hate at work. Whether we admit it or not we are jealous of the morning people. We envy their positivity and the ease in which they handle the start to their day.


Planning ahead is what is going to get us there. In this infographic, we are shown a few tips and tricks to making the new day a better and easier one. Organizing your thoughts will help you visualize how to efficiently achieve your to-do’s. Doing something that’s going to make you feel good about yourself is a must in the morning. Make yourself a routine to ensure you can be a happier and more successful you. [via]

Times Have Changed

Times have changed and we have learned a lot over the past several decades (we hope).  Here is a look back at some of the print advertisements were published in the past.

"Gee, Dad, you always get the best of everything…even Marlboro" is just one of the many slogans the cigarette brand has used over the years - this one from the 1950's. My favorite, "Before you scold me, Mom…maybe you’d better light up a Marlboro".  Hopefully again we are a little wiser now.. Please don't smoke but especially around children.  Especially in the car or house. More slogans like this can be found here.

Now hopefully parents try to not to give soda to a baby... but apparently this is something most parents have learned fairly recently!  This advertisement was sponsored by "The Soda Pop Board of America" - this actually was a reproduction created in 2002 by RJ White as a joke.

This also is from the 1950's - a time where advertising and comments were very sexist.  It was believed a woman's place was in the kitchen.  Here is a food blog that talks more about this ad and more.

This ad is for a Kenwood Chef Mixer, but in the larger print at the top the sexist ad really jumps out at you.  The rest of the ad which is not shown here is equally amusing, it can be found here.

The first advertisment in the USA was placed in 1789 and was a tobacco ad in a newspaper.  Today, we have learned about the dangers and long term affects of cigarette smoking and in 1997 censorship of these types of advertising began with banning outdoor, billboard, public transportation and advertising to youth.  In 2010 the Tobacco Control Act was signed placing even more restrictions. More on tobacco advertising can be found here.

You don't find ads portraying 'betty homemaker' anymore either.  Now you see working women, and ways to improve your life, more equality among gender and roles displayed through advertising.  Here is a blog on this topic I enjoyed. 

and lastly.. I will leave you with this one...in honor of domestic violence awareness month:

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