Impact of a Morning Routine

I love mornings. Each new day brings new opportunities and it’s a chance to start fresh and do better. How you start your day, or more specifically how you spend those first few morning hours has a big impact on the rest of the morning. Think of it as setting the tone for your entire day. That’s why making over your morning is so important. It’s about much more than those first few hours of the day.

I’m sure you’ve experienced this yourself. Let’s use the snooze button as an example. You set an early alarm to make sure you have time for exercise, meditation, prayer or simply some much needed “me time”. You have every intention of getting up and doing whatever you’re setting out to do when you set the alarm in the first place. Some mornings - hopefully most mornings - you get up when the alarm chimes and go for that walk, do your exercise workout, or read an inspirational book for about twenty minutes. Then there are those days when you just can’t make yourself get up. You hit the snooze button multiple times, or turn the alarm off altogether and go back to sleep. Think about how the rest of those days went.

• Did you notice a difference in how you felt?

• How much did you get done on the mornings when you got up with your first alarm?

• Were you able to do all the things you set out to do?

• How did those days compare to the ones when you hit the snooze button over and over again?

If I had to take a guess, I’d say that the mornings when you got up as soon as the alarm went off went a lot smoother than the times you pressed snoozed and rolled over. I even believe that you accomplished what you had planned to do. Chances are that sleeping through the snooze button didn’t just affect your morning, but the entire rest of your day. You set the tone for the rest of your day first thing in the morning. This statement is worth repeating so I will say it again...You set the tone for the rest of your day first thing in the morning. That’s what the proverbial saying about getting up on the wrong side of the bed is about. Let’s make sure we get up on the right side and start our day off in a positive and productive way.

Over the course of the next seven days, I want to guide you through the process of making over your morning. so stay with me to the end. I have personally found that using my first two hours of the morning well, sets up my entire day for success and I actually get more done.

This my friends, is a pearl that I am placing in your hands so that you can experience productivity, more energy and more focused time to devote to things you are passionate about. Bonuses: more time to spend with those you love, and more space in your days to breathe.

Until next post

This is Coach Pamela saying get up and command your morning!