Trying to change my morning routine as currently a lot of experiments/distractions are coming to an end. Thus, I'm having more free time to try new things to create new experiences to grow as a creator.
Or any thoughts you have when you woke up, if you don't remember your dream.
Sometimes I do check my phone before completing all 10, but sometimes I don't. These are from my actual morning routine.
Which is one full mason jar of: water, the juice of one full lemon, electrolytes, pink salt, Kion Aminos, & spirulina & chlorlella tablets. I've been drinking some version of this for close to a decade.
Bamber, our dog, is ready for his breakfast at 06:00. I let him out first although, if it's raining he won't go out. I give him 150g of specialist GSD food.
This will help to rehydrate your body after a long night's sleep and give you a much needed energy boost for the day.
I don't have any special insight here. Wake up time is a perpetual fight between modern thoughts of making the time useful and beneficial before starting to work and old school "get the F out the door." No clear winner yet, and no particular order.
Because of a lingering case of "loose Lego syndrome."
I don't manage everything, everyday, but if I manage a few I know the days off to a good start.
I look around the room and name what I see. It reduces the thoughts in my head to a singular thing.
Gratitude
I list off a few things I am grateful for.
To do
I think of something I hope to acomplish today
Here's ten ideas that you can choose from to add to your morning routine.
This is one of my faves from Henry Rollins:
I love this challenge. Checking my phone has become my instinctual first action of the day, and for me it often leads to doomscrolling. It's a real waste of time, and there are so many better things I could be doing. Here's a list of 10 alternatives that will hopefully help me start the day off right.
To kick off any activity. I got this idea from someone on a podcast (I don't remember who), and she said it works so well for her because it presents a rupture in whatever she's doing and a commitment to do something new.
Bow chicka wow wow!
Just bounce the shoulders up and down to count of 30
