I've found an easy way to get my eight glasses of water on a daily basis, especially if you are at work. I simply have a glass as I wake up, and for the rest of the day I have one glass every hour, in this way I don't consume too much at a time so I don't have to go to the bathroom very often.
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I do the same, and it gets me away from my desk every hour!
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