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Get Out the Door Faster
By Julie Morgenstern
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the April 2004 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
Resist the urge to do chores in the morning.
Ignore Chores

Morning is no time to be industrious. If you're hit by the urge to wash a few dishes, pay a few bills or clean up old e-mail and mail—fight it! If you can't resist, divvy out household chores to your children.

Have a rule at your house that kids do not get their privileges—watching TV, playing video games, talking on the phone—until they fulfill their responsibilities. Stand firm.
Printed from Oprah.com on Sunday, May 19, 2013
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