How to get rid of morning irritability: polar traveler advice

Roald Amundsen - the first person who has reached the South Pole (December 1911). He visited both poles of the Earth, the first made several sea voyages and was awarded many countries.

Amundsen's success depended not only on its courage and willpower. Every detail was important, and Roald Amundsen found a way to overcome the morning irritability his people - the reluctance to get up in the morning and go on. His way of avoiding a general discontent is quite possible to apply in everyday life. This is especially true in the winter.

A little trick for the common good

In the winter months, Norwegian researchers lived in a camp on the edge of the great ice barrier, and preparing for the spring travel. Amundsen knew that a small group of people, isolated from the benefits of civilization, needs to maintain the morale and how the morning begins, sets the tone for the day.

If you find it difficult to get up in the morning, imagine that you have to get out of the warm sleeping bag from deerskin and work all day in a small workshop, built of ice, while outside -70 ° C. It is clear that this situation arises morning irritability, which poses a serious threat to the group.

To cope with this problem, Amundsen made a contest among his comrades. In the morning I had to guess what the temperature is outside, and the one who was closest to the truth, received the award. Amundsen told the group that this competition teaches intuitively guess the temperature, if you suddenly break down the thermostat.

But, as Amundsen wrote in his diary, the real purpose of this competition was not the development of intuition. It was a way to get researchers to go out immediately after waking up: "Because of the competition all the way out to the street to feel the heat, and the only reason were introduced prizes. But no one knew about it. I think that this little morning outing is very useful. Even if you go out for a minute or two, it is incredibly useful: sleepiness passes, and feelings come into balance even before you drink a wonderful hot coffee. "

How to apply it in your life

Of course, to drive himself to sleep frost - gives masochism, especially when to get out from under the warm blankets in the room temperature it seems feat. Amundsen bad way to apply in our lives, if only because no one will give us a prize, and you already know the chip. On the other hand, it may be fun - guess the temperature outside. Maybe it is even useful in life.

Well, if you guess the temperature of the air you are not interested, and discipline is not your strong point, there are different ways to stay in the cold. For example, get a dog. Also, do not necessarily go out, because the point is to get out of the cold, but it is enough to spend a couple of minutes on the balcony, for example, to make it short charging.

More options: open the window or the window, letting in the cold air, cold water wash or take a cold shower. You can use a cleanser with eucalyptus and menthol - they will maintain the effect of coolness on the skin of the face and add vigor.

Finally, do not try to overcome someone else's morning irritability manner. Amundsen wrote: "If a man with a morning irritability notices that you are trying to cope with his negative emotions, it becomes doubly irritable."