10 Errands You Can Run Before Brunch
Most everyone is busy these days, and it can be hard to find the time to get the little things done. Errands like shopping for medicine and groceries, getting a haircut, and getting your car fixed can easily fall to the wayside. These things might not affect you until your fridge is empty and you see more clothes on your floor than in the closet. Thankfully, there’s this beautiful time of day that happens before brunch, and it’s called morning. Here are 10 errands you can knock off your list before you get bottomless mimosas.
1. Pick up Medicine
Going to the pharmacy to pick up your medications can be time intensive, especially if there’s a line. If you go early, when the pharmacy opens, it’s less likely there will be a line. However, this errand is one you can check off the list before you even get out of bed. You can skip that line and order your meds online instead. Birth control is just one example of a medication you can automate to arrive at your door each month. You could also order personalized vitamins, antidepressants, and many other medications.
2. Clean Your Room
If you ignore this errand long enough your room might become unlivable. So be kind to yourself and tidy up your space. Even if you only pick up your clothes and move them into a pile in your closet, every little victory counts.
Whether you clean it all in one go or do it piecemeal, find what works for you and get started in the morning. It can be a good habit to try to clean one item a day. That might mean removing trash one day and placing cups in the sink the next. A little progress is still progress.
3. Hit the Gym
This tip is in fact a time-honored tradition upheld by many gym enthusiasts. Going to the gym early in the morning is a great way to start your day. Many people who go do so to feel like they have a substantial amount of energy to carry them through the day. It’s also a difficult way to start your day, but that’s actually a good thing. A disciplined start to your day can give a boost to your ego and help build your self-esteem.
4. Make a Bank Withdrawal
Banks have a bad habit of only being open during the most inconvenient hours. But many ATMs are open 24/7. Although cash is increasingly unnecessary in modern society, it still has its uses. It’s still one of the best ways to pick up amazing subway street art. And you may need it to pay your friend back just in case they have to cover this week’s avocado toast.
5. Pay Your Bills
It can be annoying to pay all the different bills you have, all on their own cycle. Rent, utilities, cell phone, internet, subscriptions, credit card — all the minutes they take to manually pay can really add up. Take some time in the morning and go to each bill’s respective company website and set up automatic payments. This one takes some up-front work but will pay your time back in spades in the long run. Just make sure you have enough cash in your checking account when your payment dates roll around.
6. Fix Up Your Car
Car tune-ups can be a real hassle and are one of the easiest errands to put off. But they’re also some of the worst to postpone, as they can be life-threateningly dangerous after a while. Most car dealerships open as early as 7:00 or 7:30 a.m, so you finish this task early.
If your dealership or repair shop is in a shopping area, you can get some other errands done while you’re waiting. This is a great errand to multi-task, and is easy to get done in the morning when there aren’t as many other people in line. As a bonus, many car dealerships have free coffee to start your morning off right.
7. Return Your Library Books
For the more literary-minded out there, library books have a tendency to pile up. In reality, returning them is an easy errand to knock off the list while out and about. So easy, in fact, that it’s easy to continually push off. So while you’re out in the morning tuning up your car, you might as well stop by the library and knock this one off the list.
8. Buy Your Groceries
One errand to run while waiting for your tune-up is grocery shopping. Again, going early in the morning beats most of the lines, save for the other early birds. Alternatively, consider skipping this errand entirely by doing your grocery shopping online instead and scheduling a pick up. There are also plenty of companies that offer grocery delivery these days. And just like your bills and pills, you can set up automatic deliveries on a regular schedule to ease your mind.
9. Get a Stylish Haircut
Depending on how long it takes to get your haircut, it can be hard to find the time. Well, what’s a more morning scene than the sun shining, the birds chirping, and the clippers clipping? Getting your haircut done in the morning also lets you show up to brunch having a fantastic hair day. You’ll get to enjoy that recently blow dried v
10. Relax and Meditate
Mornings are a great time for self-care routines that can be difficult to make time for, specifically meditation. While many a yogi may cringe at the idea of calling meditation an errand, it can help clear your mind for the day ahead. Morning meditation brings with it numerous health benefits. So take a few minutes to center yourself before brunch.
Magical Mornings
If you don’t wake up in the mornings already, it can be difficult to start at first. But the morning is actually one of the best times to get errands done that you’d otherwise push off. There are also myriad health benefits to getting a good night’s sleep and waking up at the same time each morning. You’ll feel refreshed and ready to chat with your friends at the brunch table.