The research, commissioned by Special K Crunchy Oat Granola, found 29 per cent of people regularly ‘wake up on the wrong side of bed’ and stay grumpy until 11am. The number you arrive at should be higher than 37 if you have the best morning routine.

Now add the minutes spent doing things such as reading the newspaper or doing a crossword, after first dividing this number by two. The total minutes for breakfast (doubled), exercise and showering is divided by the sum based on sleeping and getting up times. Now work out the difference between how long you slept and the optimum eight hours – 1.5, for example, if you got six and a half hours – and the difference in hours between when you got up and 7.12am – one, if you got up at 8.12am. To calculate if your routine will put you in a good mood, double the time you spend on breakfast, then add the minutes spent exercising and showering. Perhaps not surprisingly for research by a cereal firm, the formula is most influenced by how long we spend eating breakfast.Īlmost two-thirds of people say this is important to set them up for the day, with 18 minutes the average time at the breakfast table.

The very specific instructions were based on a survey of 2,000 Brits analysed by a maths whiz

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