What Is Your First Thought In The Morning?

What is the first thought that comes to your mind in the morning? Is it positive? Is it negative? Is it fearful? Is it anxious? Is it excited? And my name is Nick the poet. I'm a creator here at Cadre, a creativity coach, a runner, a digital marketer, and most importantly, to be a poet. And, yeah, I mean, for me, it's usually a fearful and anxious thought, you know, first thing in the morning. That's what it is for me, typically. And I would love to change that. I don't know if it's entirely possible or not.

But what helps me with that is I. Then I read page 86 to 88 from the big book of AA, which is a really common assignment that a lot of sponsors will give out. And I've been doing it throughout sobriety, and it's just super helpful. It's about kind of a way to go through the day, pausing when agitated, asking for inspiration, you know, and taking action. So that really helps. And then I say a few prayers, and then I do a meditation with this app called Insight Timer. And then I make a little coffee.

I do a little writing. I do a little movement exercises. I go for a short walk, and I try to get some of protein in it. That's how I start, you know, 95% of my days to, you know, get back to, you know, just a good spot and try to get in that grateful state. So I've heard some really good advice to, you know, say right when waking up, I love my life. I love my life. And that's such a powerful affirmation because it helps us to see that and accept, you know, all of the different things. Maybe we don't feel perfect, and maybe we do have an anxiety, and maybe, you know, our hip hurts a little bit or our back hurts, or we didn't get as much sleep as we'd like to.

We wake up in this mode of, you know, not enough. And so I think a great thing to do is starting with those, those affirmations, you know, in the morning. And Darryl Fusaro, who was an awesome author and is a guest on one of the Cadre catch it on Cadre podcast episodes, talks about speaking to yourself like a grandma in the morning, you know, like a sweet grandma. Like, okay, good job, Nick. You know, just get up and. Okay, now walk over to the coffee maker, and you're doing great. And I think those kind of, you know, things can, can really help us.

You know, that. That kindness to the self, that easier, softer way. So, you know, I challenge you this week, and I'm going to challenge myself to do, too. When waking up in the morning, say, I love my life. I love my life. Okay, everyone, that's all I've got for you. I hope you have an amazing day. I'll talk to you later. Bye.