The way that we begin our day sets a precedent for our mindset and performance for the remainder of the day. If you press the ‘snooze’ button six or seven times before you kick your feet onto the floor, your brain and your body are receiving messages that you are not ready for the day, you are not excited and you don’t have a passion for what comes next. We recommend setting a daily time that suits you and allows you to get ready in a calm fashion and sticking to that, ensuring that you get 7-8 hours of sleep by being disciplined about your bedtime. We also suggest spending some time each morning doing something that is beneficial for you that you really enjoy. This could be anything from a morning run to a guided meditation, reading a chapter of a book, sitting with your favourite tea and watching the sunset – the options are endless. Taking this time for yourself gives you a sense of contentment and fuels the rest of your day, which is most likely full of doing things for and with other people. This is your sacred time of reconnection with yourself. Incorporate it into a planned morning routine which stays more or less the same each day – then the effort to get out of bed, make a healthy breakfast, spend some time connecting with yourself and getting ready for a full and positive day will simply become part of what you do and, increasingly, who you are. We challenge you to write down a morning ritual and try it for 10 days. See if it makes a positive impact on your daily movements and thought patterns as a whole.
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