Mornings can be tough to navigate. In a perfect world, they’d be filled with chirping birds and traffic-free commutes. But on most days, it feels like we are living Murphy's Law. We’ve partnered with McDonald’s to take a look at the morning struggle we can't seem to avoid. Do you feel our pain?
8:00 AM: You're woken up by your alarm clock, which triggers an overwhelming urge to break something. Instead, you hit snooze.
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8:10 AM: A couple of snoozes later, you glance at the clock. There's a terrifying instant in which you think it's much later than it actually is. To your delight, you were wrong! You take a second to honor the small victories in life, and then you go back to sleep.
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8:25 AM: After the fifth buzz, you finally relent. But now it really is late.
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8:26 AM: A sudden calm comes over you as you jump out of bed with a clear vision of what needs to get done.
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8:30 AM: After getting dressed in a spastic scramble, you check your work in the mirror.
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8:31 AM: Breakfast time! Expectation:
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8:35 AM: Reality:
8:40 AM: You get out the door and head to your favorite coffee place. This is you in line:
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8:45 AM: This is you once the coffee is in your possession:
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8:50 AM: You realize that some sort of miracle is going to have to occur for you to get to work on time. You send a silent prayer to the universe for green lights.
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9:00 AM: You hit all of the red lights.
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9:05 AM: Might as well make the most of it. You put on your jam.
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9:10 AM: You arrive at work and stroll in 10 minutes late, but no one seems to notice. You decide to accept it and own it.
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9:15 AM: Finally at your desk, you glance at your email and promise yourself that you'll do better tomorrow.
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Mornings may not be the easiest part of the day, but there are ways to make them a little brighter. McDonald's McCafé and Egg McMuffin are pick-me-ups that can help you get from A to B that much faster. Maybe you'll even be five minutes early.