fCAT: innovative peace leadership: WELLNESS TIP: AVOID GOING ON-LINE UPON WAKING UP IN THE MORNING. Checking email or social media when you wake up is a common way to start the day, but those few minutes you think you’ll spend online often turn into an hour or more. Rettig suggests staying offline until 10 a.m. “It’s easy to get sucked into the vortex of the Internet,” Rettig says. “Protect the morning for the work that’s important to you, then be available for others later in the day.”- Ways You're Sabotaging Your Mornings