This works every time without fail!
You get out of bed and stumble through the morning routine of getting a shower, finding breakfast, downing coffee, taking out the trash, kissing the family goodbye...etc.....and on the morning commute you still aren't quite awake. You feel like you need about three more hours of sleep and are already an hour late for whatever waits for you on your desk in the office. I know I am not the only one in the the morning who feels like this. All of you so called "morning people" are on speed or some other form of false empowerment. If you are working atleast 50 hours a week, springing out of bed to take on the world is not your first thought when you roll over to hit the snooze button the first time.
I own the Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits Album and pop it in every morning on that commute when I need that extra inspiration to get me moving and improve the attitude. It starts out with the tune "Born To Run". Can you top that? Didn't think so. The hurried drums and bass guitar surging almost like a pace for your heart beat to match. You can't help but absorb some of the magic Bruce injected in these lyrics by the time you get to the refraim you are singing along with it. You get into the rythmn as he plows through some more verses and you find you are finally awake.
The sun peaks over the horizon and you realize Bruce came through for you again. Rest of the commute is easy coasting. Hopefully you'll be able to ride this wave through most of the morning.
Honorable mention: Glory Days, Thunder Road, Bad Lands, Dancing in the Dark
They'll all do the job!
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