Secrets To Success: Developing A Morning Routine
, by Dayner Craigie, 6 min reading time
The way you start your morning sets the tone for the rest of the day. By consciously designing an intentional morning routine focused on health and wellbeing, you can create a positive and energising foundation for a fulfilling day let alone set you up for a vitality filled life.
In this blog post, we'll explore the importance of a morning routine, its benefits, and provide practical tips to help you develop your own personalized routine.
Get ready to embrace a revitalizing morning routine that will enhance your overall wellbeing
So Why Develop a Morning Routine?
One of the first benefits of developing a morning routine boosts productivity and mental focus: Having a structured morning routine helps you transition from sleep to an active state of mind, promoting mental clarity, and enhancing productivity throughout the day. This allows you to consciously think about what you may have to do for the day ahead, things to achieve in the morning and getting yourself organised before heading into work or conducting whatever it is that is planned for your day ahead. The other side of boosting productivity and mental focus is not touching your phone as soon as upon awakening and striving to get sunlight into your eyes the first 10-15 minutes upon rising. This is incredibly beneficial due to the fact that sunlight helps regulates our circadian rhythm, igniting our necessary hormones and neurotransmitters that wake us up naturally rather then a spike or cortisol for when we receive out notifications, work emails and messages from our boss first thing. This also includes not having any type of caffeine for at least 1.5 hours upon wakening. This will prevent the adrenals needing to step in with that external boost of stimulant but rather make space for our body to naturally wake up us with its known ways within the body. This will then allow our focus to be more intentional throughout the day with waking up slowly, properly while also preventing the crashes that come in early afternoon when we are running off the last of our external stimulants.
Enhances Physical and Mental Wellbeing: A purposeful morning routine allows you to incorporate healthy habits such as exercise, meditation, or mindfulness practices that can improve your physical and mental health over time. When we schedule out a certain amount of time to have for ourselves before we then show up for others, you will gain this feeling of achievement out of gifting yourself the time to do your thing before you jump onto the online world (ie social media)
Sets a Positive Tone: Starting the day with activities that bring you joy, gratitude, or inspiration sets a positive tone, influencing your mood and outlook for the rest of the day. Have you ever noticed how you feel when you sleep in? or how about when you jump straight out of bed, to the shower, bathroom and head out the door running? nine times out of ten, your day is going to continue being in a chaotic, flustered type of way which if we are talking about mental health here, is never a a nice place to exist from. When we schedule in time for ourselves in the morning, we allow the calmness from our morning routine to fold onto the rest of our day which, if I don't say so myself, your adrenals will thank you later.
Healthier Lifestyle Choices: A well-designed morning routine allows you to establish healthy habits, such as enjoying a nutritious breakfast, hydrating adequately, or taking time to prepare healthy meals, setting the stage for better choices throughout the day. When we are able to be fully conscious around how to fuel our body in the morning due to ample of time before we need to be to the next place or work, you're going to be more mindful to eat intuitively rather than just grabbing something on the go and this also includes what you have for lunch. If you are radiating from that calm space, it's proven to demonstrate people are much less likely to eat anything out of an stress-response or impulsivity.
Some of Our Practical Tips to Develop a Morning Routine:
Start with Small Steps: Begin by incorporating one or two activities into your morning routine. It can be as simple as drinking a glass of water upon waking or spending a few minutes in quiet meditation. Gradually add more activities as you become comfortable.
Identify Your Priorities: Consider your personal goals and aspirations. What activities align with those goals? Reflect on what brings you joy, peace, or inspiration and prioritise those activities in your morning routine.
Create a Consistent Schedule: Establish a consistent wake-up time to regulate your body's internal clock. This consistency will help you adjust and maintain your morning routine more effectively and allow you to work out how much time is adequate for you to have a pleasant morning routine.
Allow Flexibility: While consistency is beneficial, being so rigid and stressing over if things don't always go to plan for your morning routine is another thing. It's important to remain flexible. Adapt your morning routine based on your schedule and commitments, ensuring it remains realistic and sustainable. We don't have to create Rome in a day, not do we have to do it all tomorrow. Small, realistic steps is better than doing nothing and changing nothing at all.
Seek Accountability and Support: Share your morning routine goals with a friend, partner, or join a supportive community. Having accountability and encouragement can help you stay committed to your routine. Liasing with a friend and doing a challenge together could be a fun way to help keep you accountable.
Embrace the transformative power of a morning routine for your health and wellbeing. By dedicating intentional time to activities that promote physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing, you set the stage for a fulfilling and balanced life. Discover what works best for you, incorporate activities that resonate with your goals and values, and prepare to unlock the positive benefits that a revitalizing morning routine can bring. Start your day with purpose, vitality, and a commitment to your own wellbeing.
Success is never done by accident, success is a plan in place that is executed on a daily basis and is about the compounding effect of consistency.
We hope you enjoy these tips on how to develop a morning routine and check out our other blog posts that may assist in your health and wellbeing!
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