Set the stage for a great day by changing up your morning routine! Whether or not you’re an early riser, you can maximize your morning by taking the time to prepare for your day in the right way.
How often do you feel like your day started on the wrong foot? Some days your whole morning can seem unproductive and rushed, leaving you feeling weary and flustered—even before lunch. Here are three suggestions that can help you find your center and give your day the great foundation that it deserves.
However you like to work up a sweat—whether it’s kickboxing, yoga, weightlifting, running, or even a brisk walk—morning may be your best time to do it. Not only is it easier to make time for the gym in the morning, before your day’s other priorities crowd in, but it also helps you start the day feeling invigorated. A morning workout is just one healthy choice that can help motivate you to make other healthy choices throughout the day. Need some ideas to make morning fitness work for you? Try these:
Planning a simple, delicious, healthful breakfast makes it easier to get up and provides crucial energy for your busy morning. Depending on your body and needs, you may want to eat breakfast before or after exercising. Either way, don’t skip out on the most important meal of the day!
Your emotions in the morning can help set the tone for the rest of the day. When you’re feeling positive, generous, grateful, and inspired when you wake up, those feelings can change everything, from how effectively you work to how long the wait at the post office feels.
Not feeling positive, generous, grateful, or inspired? Try and chart a new course for your morning with a few simple exercises. First, try this simple breathing exercise to refresh your perspective and improve your sense of relaxation. Second, set your intention for the day by completing this sentence with a word that fits for you: “I want to feel _____ today.” Some examples to get you started include: calm, joyful, grateful, helpful, relaxed, in control, balanced, accomplished, and at ease. Find the word that fits your intentions for the day and make it your mission to experience it!
What are your go-to strategies for getting your morning started right? Let us know in the comments!
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We live kind of in the city/country and our house backs up to a retention pond. It is really quiet and clear so before morning's first light, I like to take my Bible, coffee, Frankincense and my Devotional book and Journal and go outside and look up at the stars and moon and just sit in awestruck wonder of the Creator of the Universe and this is what helps me get my emotions on track and my perspective set for the day. I love my oils and YL Frankincense just helps me stay grounded and focused.
Beautifully said Robin!
Good inspiration! I also find it helpful to prepare the night before by having work clothes ready and lunch planned for the next day. I like to have some YL peppermint and lemon in my diffuser while getting ready for work.
MaryB
Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
In addition to all the above great information, an excellent way to start your day actually happens the night before! In the evening, make a list of the six most important things you intend to accomplish for the following day. Rank them in order of importance. Then when you get up and "get moving," tackle item one on your list. Only when that is complete, go on to item two. When that is all done, do the third item. And so on down the list. Making the plan the night before leaves about 12 hours for your subsconscious mind to work on making conditions right forthe items to be completed easily. Whatever you get done will be the most important things on your list. The rest that you can't get to, can go on your list for the day after.
I like to start my day early with scrambled eggs and Ningxia Red and my oil supplements. Taking it easy for a quite prayer.
Before I even get out of bed I say my prayer of thanks for another day. This helps me set my mood and start off on the right foot. I also love drinking a glass of lemon peppermint water as I am getting ready. The water helps clear my head from the morning fog and helps me get going in my day.
I begin my morning by making a "Must Do List" the night before. When I wake up, I make a cup of coffee and read my Bible. After my quiet time, I eat breakfast, and head for the shower. Before I leave the house, I check YL numbers, emails, Facebook messages. If anything needs to be added to my list, I pencil in the update and head out. Each day is a gift from God and I have much to be thankful for, so I get busy with the opportunities I have for the day.
You have a great attitude, Sheryl! Thanks for posting!
I have never been much of a water drinker. Just this month I began a totally new habit of drinking a full glass of water with Peppermint oil as soon as I awake. Each night I put one or two drops of YL Peppermint oil in a glass of water and keep it on the night stand near my bed. That way whenever I get up, it is ready for me. I have been surprised how easy this is for me to get down one full glass of water before my day even begins. It actually brings a smile to my face as I realize I am enjoying doing something very beneficial. It helps start my day on a positive note.
I like to start my morning on my frontporch in the fresh air with prayer I love being out early when the fog has not yet lifted everything looks fresh and anew day has begun