Routines and habits are key to a positive mindset and successful goal setting. What does your morning routine look like?
The other day, I was making my morning breakfast smoothie. I ended up spilling the entire container on the floor on my counter. It took me just a second to take a deep breath and say, you know what? That's not how I want my morning to go.
Before I even get out of bed, I start saying positive declarations out loud. How you set your intention in the morning makes a huge difference with how the rest of your day goes. I would love to hear what works for you with your morning routine.
The other day, I was making my morning breakfast smoothie, and I ended up spilling the entire container on the floor on my counter, and it spilled off the counter next to my refrigerator, which then proceeded to go under my refrigerator. So in this smoothie contained frozen fruit, almond milk, almond butter, protein powder. I mean, we're talking, like, clumps and liquid everywhere. And I took a second because I thought, I'm going to freak out. I don't have time. I have to get to where I'm going, and I now literally have to move my refrigerator to clean this horrific mess everywhere.
And it took me just a second to take a deep breath and say, you know what? That's not how I want my morning to go, because I could have gone and screamed at the top of my lungs and been really frustrated about it, but I was like, no, that's not how I want to set my day. And it got me thinking about my morning routine, because this is part of my morning routine. And I just want to encourage you, if you've ever thought about coming up with a morning routine, do it now. I used to be one of those that was kind of like, yeah, okay, so you set your alarm a half hour early to get up and have your morning routine, and that's all fine and dandy.
I'd rather sleep. So I never did it. And I actually was challenged to do this by doing some goal setting. And I was like, I'm gonna start. I'm gonna try it, right? I've never done it. And what does that look like for me? So my morning routine actually consists of, before I even get out of bed, I start saying positive declarations out loud. So the first thing that comes out of my mouth and the first thing that I hear are positive affirmations, which is huge, huge mindset shifter for me when I started doing that.
So I'm starting to speak things like, I'm a positive person. I am perfect. I am humble. I am beautiful. I am wonderfully made. I am God's child. All of those things before I even get out of bed. That is what's coming out of my mouth. And then proceeded by going into the kitchen to make my breakfast smoothie. And this morning, obviously stopped at that point. But then I take my smoothie, and I go sit down in the same chair every day, and I read my bible for 15 minutes, and I pray and I meditate. And sometimes that routine only lasts 15 minutes.
Other times, it is a half an hour. But I give myself at least 15 minutes to get it done, because I know that my day is going to be so different when I start that way. I am starting my day with a positive attitude, positive affirmations. I am starting my day with something healthy to put in my mouth. And I'm also starting my day with a pause because I can tell you that a few days ago I skipped my morning routine because I had a networking event to get to that was really early and it affected my whole day.
And it sounds kind of drastic that like one day skipping, it messed me up. But it did impact me because I found myself getting frustrated more easily when somebody cut me off in traffic or when I spilled my smoothie later on in the day. Like, things like that just started to affect me more because I didn't start my day off with that intentional pause and that intentional time with God, which is super important to me and my faith life. And just also taking a moment to say, how do I want this day to look?
Because I'm really setting an intention, whether that looks like meditation for you or whatnot. What is your intention for the day? Because I can tell you that we all can plan our day. We can plan every little detail of our day and there it is. Never going to look like that, ever. There's something that's going to come up. Somebody is going to cut you off in traffic. Somebody is not going to respond to the email that you're waiting to get back. Something is going to happen that you didn't plan and that's just life.
And it's okay. But how you set your intention in the morning makes a huge difference with how the rest of your day goes. So I just want to encourage you to try it. I was of the mindset of like, this is stupid. I'm not going to do that. You mean set my alarm earlier to get up? Not happening. But honestly, now that I've been doing it for six months, I can't imagine never not doing it again. And then noticing when it does impact my day. It throws me off a little bit when I miss it. So definitely don't need to be religious or prescriptive about it.
I mean, if you're on vacation, have a different routine, that's great. But just, just try it and share with me how your journey goes. I would love to hear what works for you with your morning routine because I would love some tips on it as well. Thanks for tuning in, guys. God bless.
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