What does your morning look like?
You hit the snooze button five times before you even consider getting out of bed. Once you do, you stumble around the house like a zombie for a while until you realize that — oh snap, you’re late! In a mad rush to get dressed, you manage to trip over your feet, spill your coffee, and smudge your lipstick entirely as you run to catch up.
However, if we begin our day in a rush, the rest of it will look pretty much the same. That’s a daily scenario that looks more like an episode of Roadrunner and Coyote than anything else.
If you feel that you always lack time and frequently leave things unfinished, no matter how much you tried, having a morning routine might help you become a better version of yourself.
What’s more, having a morning routine will help us stay productive, organized, and confident from the moment we rise until we go to bed. That said, here are some tips you can include in your morning routine to set yourself up for success.
1. Practice gratitude
Family. Friends. A delicious dinner on your table. The smell of fresh coffee in the morning. Warm sun on your face. Puppies. There are so many good things in your life — you just need to remember them.
Humans tend to take good things for granted and focus only on the bad. No matter how privileged our lives are, we’ll always feel disadvantaged if we don’t learn to be grateful for the things we already have.
Practicing gratitude can provide a wide variety of benefits to our physical and mental health. It can help us reduce anxiety, improve our mood, improve our sleep quality, and strengthen our relationships with others.
Furthermore, one study proved there’s a direct link between happiness and gratitude. Researchers from the University of California and Miami asked participants to split into two groups. One group was supposed to write a few sentences every day about the things they’re grateful for during the week, while the other group was supposed to do the opposite.
After ten weeks, those who focused on gratitude were more optimistic, felt better about themselves, and had to go to the doctor less often.
If you want to set yourself up for success, you can try practicing gratitude by writing down things you’re grateful for each morning. It’s an inexpensive yet effective way to boost your overall life quality.
2. Drink hot water with lemon
All the models are doing it and look at how hot they are! All the magazines recommend this simple home remedy because it’s easy to make, and it does wonders for your health.
Drinking hot water with lemon is known for its vast health benefits. By drinking it, we can replenish our skin with much-needed vitamins, eliminate the toxins from our body, and give our skin a natural glow with the help of folic acid found in lemon. Furthermore, hot water with lemon will keep our immune system in check and help maintain the body’s pH balance and promote digestive health.
That being said, hot water with lemon seems to be the perfect ritual to add to your morning routine.
3. Try meditation
Practicing meditation early in the morning can help us improve our overall health. By meditating, we’re promoting the work of our pituitary gland. This gland is responsible for the secretion of the feel-good hormone, endorphin. Furthermore, meditation boosts overall brain activity, making it an excellent activity for the successful beginning of the day.
Meditating is easy, and it’s an activity every one of us can do to feel better each day. All you need to do is to wear comfortable clothes, pick a quiet spot in your home, and focus on breathing. Once you’ve mastered it, you can research different meditation techniques and choose the one that’s right for you.
4. Plan for the day
Setting yourself up for success is easy if you know what your goals are. Creating a to-do list can help you feel successful from the early morning, as it will relieve you of the uncertainty each day brings.
For maximum results, you should create a to-do list one day ahead, making sure to tick off some tasks straight in the morning. By doing this, you’ll be able to create a sense of accomplishment early in the day, which will set the tone for it. Furthermore, you’ll be able to avoid procrastination and fall prey to other distractions the modern age brings us.
5. Try taking supplements
We’re always in a hurry to finish this or that, and don’t have enough time to sit down and relax. This said it’s quite common not to get the nutrients we need from the foods we eat. To fix this, make sure to take additional supplementation that will leave your body nourished, and your mind prepped for the busy day ahead. And if you’re still unsure about how this will help you, take a look at useful vitamin statistics that will help you understand their importance.
The first thing we do each morning will set the tone for our day. To be as productive and successful as possible, without unpleasant feelings of anxiety and stress, make sure to follow these tips.
