Feel Good Friday!
A morning routine can make or break your day. Let’s have a great Friday together by following this morning routine. (We are starting our work day an hour later, but if you can’t do this, wake up an hour earlier).
STEP 1: DRINK SOME WATER
Put some ice into a glass by your bedside before you head to bed, and a glass on refreshing water will be there for you. If you’d like, slice in a lemon piece to wake you up further.
STEP 2: GRATITUDE JOURNAL
We use the Five Minute Journal every morning and evening for guided gratitude thoughts. If you don’t have one, in a notebook write down the following.
I am grateful for…
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What would make today great?
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Daily affirmations. I am…
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STEP 3: STRETCHES
If you want to grab a mat and do yoga, go for it! At least do 5 minutes of stretching.
STEP 4: MEDITATION OR PRAYER
Spend 5 minutes in meditation or prayer.
STEP 5: MAKE YOUR BED
There’s a commencement speech from Texas that went viral a few years back. “If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day,” William H. McRaven said. “It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task, and another, and another. And by the end of the day that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed.”
STEP 6: MAKE A FEEL-GOOD BREAKFAST
We have cravings, but some of us also have certain foods we choose to eat to stay healthy. Whatever you choose, make sure today it’s brekkie that will make you go mmm, mmm, mmmm!
STEP 7: WRITE YOUR TO-DO LIST
Write down everything you have to get done. Instead of scrolling through IG, jot down on a piece of paper what you have to get done. Leave room to do something nice for yourself today! (Also, notice, we not once have mentioned a phone up above ^, so together, let’s try to avoid it until after our morning routine!)
Happy Friday! You got this! xx
