Morning Rituals to Give Your Life More Pazääng!

Mighty Mornings

There are several things you can do to get the day going in the direction you want. These are rituals, habitual activities that affect your life in a positive way.

To make the next day the best ever, you need to start the evening before.

Evening before: Create your (next) day before you sleep.

1) Write down three tasks that you want to get done before noon the next day.

This helps you filter all the to-dos on your list to pick out the three most important tasks. That is the secret of priorities. There are too many things to do and you can’t do all of them. What ARE you going to do tomorrow that makes a positive difference?

2) Day scripting: Write a script about how you want to be and act the next day.

Here you simply write out the way the next day is going to be. This will give a guideline to your brain that it will work on while you are asleep. You don't need to write a novel. If you read the finished script out loud and visualize it, the effect is even more amazing.

3) Gratitude recitation

Now that you are cuddled up in your bed, run through as many things you can think of that you are thankful for. For instance, I’m always thankful for the fact that I even have a (comfortable) bed to sleep on! And, I’m glad I can let myself slumber when I am tired (generally!). Once your brain gets used to this ritual, all sorts of delicious “gratitudes” will pop into your head. Don’t dwell on these things; Just appreciate them and let them flow on. This will keep from stimulating yourself so much that you can’t sleep!!

Morning

1) Drink several glasses of plain water right away. Your body is fairly dehydrated after sleeping.

Make a Happy Hour Ritual. This isn’t about margaritas and it's in the morning, but in the most practical terms, you will create a time to recharge, rejuvenate, and inspire your mindset and joy in a way that transforms your entire week.

2) Meditate (however long you want and can), observing your breath. Open yourself to the “silence” between breaths. Focus with a quiet und clear mind, perhaps one minute, perhaps ten...
Finish the meditation with a short gratitude celebration. (You might try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYP_W49o1vQ or something from thehonestguys on youtube.)

3) Learn (read for 30 minutes if you can) Focus on growing you as a person. (You might want to share this knowledge with others. Just don’t “force-feed” anybody.)

4) Do yoga or some sort of exercise to get your body revved up. Even if you only do a few stretches and jump up and down a bit, move that body!

5) Journaling: Get your thoughts out of your head and onto paper or onto the computer. (Writing down problems by hand, though, seems to be immensely therapeutic.) Document your thoughts, ideas, lessons learned, improvement motivation, etc. This could become one of your most fulfilling habits.

Questions to ask yourself

I don’t do this every day. Several times a year is great for me but you might like to do this ritual more often at first. I find writing the questions and momentary answers conducive to an incredible increase in motivation!

Question1: How can my life get better? finances, relationships, physical condition, spiritual, emotional...

Question2: What are the possibilities to get this ‚better’?

Question3: What would it take for this to happen?

Have a great day!