Whenever you think of mornings, what comes to your mind?
The problem:
Is it thoughts of stress and anxiety? Or do you enjoy mornings and take your time to get ready? If you are anything like most people, present company included, you probably do not get all that excited to think about jumping out of bed, brushing your teeth, and starting your day. Even for the most avid night owl, mornings do not have to be stressful, painful, or something to dread. Instead, mornings can be a great way to kickstart your day and productivity. One of the easiest ways to make your mornings more enjoyable is through a morning ritual or routine.
A solution:
A morning ritual gets you in the swing of things without rushing into the day or filling your mind with useless information. Instead, a morning ritual wakes you up, energizes your being, and sets the stage for the day. With a good morning ritual, you can increase your productivity, decrease stress, and improve your overall well-being. Still, it takes a little bit of work to craft the perfect morning ritual based on your lifestyle and needs.
The gains:
We begin by looking at the benefits of a morning ritual to show precisely how it can benefit you. From there, we jump right into crafting your morning ritual. The beginning of the morning ritual creation process will be observing your current morning habits and determining what you want out of your future mornings. After that, we will give you morning routine tips for busy, slow, and device-free mornings.
Increases Productivity:
The most beneficial aspect of a morning ritual is that it boosts your productivity for the rest of the day. Whenever you wake up and jump straight into your morning ritual, you maximize your time and get started the right way. Since your morning ritual adds something to your life, it helps you to be productive from the moment you wake up. If you are willing to be productive the second you get out of bed, you will likely be more productive for the rest of the day. In other words, momentum from your morning routine will likely follow well into noon, afternoon, and night, allowing you to have a beneficial and productive day as a whole.
Boosts Energy Levels:
Another benefit of morning rituals is that they boost your energy levels. Most people hate mornings because they feel sleepy and groggy. Morning rituals can help boost your energy, allowing you to tackle the day and enjoy
your mornings more. Whether you like to read in the morning, take a shower, or workout, your morning routine helps to wake you up abruptly. This cuts through morning
grogginess, helping you feel more energized, alert, and capable during the morning and day.
Increases Happiness:
Happiness seems like such an odd result of a morning ritual. After all, how could a morning routine really make you feel any more content or happy with your life?
Although it is easy to think these thoughts, morning rituals
actually improve your happiness in a number of ways.
One reason that morning rituals increase happiness is that they lower stress. People tend to find mornings incredibly stressful. Whether it is oversleeping, rushing around to get your kids ready, or not being able to find all of your needed items, mornings come with a lot of stress and anxiety. When you use the morning ritual correctly, a lot of the stressful parts of the morning are naturally taken care of. They are completed the night before, or you wake up early enough to complete them stress-free whenever you wake up. Another cause for morning stress is being thrown into your work life or social pressures too quickly. If you jump on social media or scroll through your emails, you might not have a chance to fully wake up, making you feel stressed practically the second you open your eyes.
Develop Healthy Habits:
In many ways, we are our habits. If our habits are unhealthy and damaging, we will be unhealthy in our life. If you repeatedly hit the snooze button, you very well may have several unhealthy habits that you need to break and
healthy habits you need to form. Having morning rituals is a great way to develop healthy habits that last throughout your lifetime. Whether your new healthy habit is working out in the morning or waking up at the same time, the habits will impact your life.
Finally, we end by discussing how night time routines should be used in conjunction with your morning routines and how to keep improving. Whether you want to renovate your old morning routine or are starting from
scratch, The Morning Ritual can help you create the perfect morning routine to increase your productivity, energy, and happiness.