I get up at 06.10 I have a 10 minute exercise routine in which I do affirmations at the same time. I spend 5 to 10 minutes writing in my journal that’s now 06.30 have shower, get dressed, breakfast at 07.00 to 07.10 leave for work between 07.30 and 07.40
I view them as my most important tasks, therefore I would wake up earlier, say around 5 am, to ensure I have ample time to complete them everyday
My answer is to just simply make time. Wake up earlier, plan the night before. Remember to take little steps and never give up. I’m a mum of 3 and I find the time for this. If I can do it, so can you.
I try and prepare as much as I can the evening before (make breakfast in advance, make sure my bag is packed for work). I do a few of the morning activities during my commute, as I take a train, I aim to meditate, set up my to-do list and look at my calendar while on the train.
This is something that I’m still working on as well. First, I prefer to do my meditation in the evening, before I go to bed. I find that it helps can my restless mind, and I’m able to drift off to sleep a lot easier than before. Other than that, I’ve been working on walking up earlier and earlier by setting my alarm clock to come on five minutes sooner each week. My goal is to get up an hour earlier than I’m used to after about three months of this. Going to bed earlier would help with this, but I’m still struggling with that aspect. One thing I’ve found that helps tremendously was the purchase of some Phillips Hue "White Ambiance" or "Color and White Ambiance" bulbs and hub. It’s a bit of an investment up front, but I’ve found it to be worth every penny. With these bulbs, you can set them to wake you up at a certain time by gradually coming on to a warm white light over a 30 minute period, replicating a sunrise. Then I set another routine for the bulbs in my bedroom to change from warm white to a bright white like the noon day sun over the next 30 minutes (after my alarm has gone off). With this in place, I always wake up feeling asleep and refreshed, and rarely hot the snooze button anymore. I don’t share a bedroom with anyone, so I have all the lights come on, but you could also do individual times for nightstand lamps if you do share a bed with a partner who walked up later than you. Note that the cheaper "White" bulbs (vs "White Ambiance" are not as good for this as they only have a warm white setting. Still, they’d be better than nothing, and you can find a set of four bulbs and a hub for $100 (or $70 for two bulbs) vs $150 and $200 for the "White Ambiance" and "Color" bulbs, respectively.
Waking up super early! I use the 5 second rule to get out of bed and start my day as relaxed as I need to and have that couple of hours before I leave the house. I’m more motivated to get out of bed than to sleep in because I know my day will go better if I make time for myself.
I wake earlier than before. I have a routine in the morning for the meditation, journal, reading, exercising (that’s still a problem). But I feel better waking up earlier and doing these things.
I don’t. I usually choose what I really want to do the night before, and even then I am not a morning person so doing anything other than showering and filling my thermos with tea is an accomplishment right now. I am gradually moving from meditation to adding other things to my morning ritual, but it is a tough road. So in short, I guess slow and steady and with perseverance. Good luck!
It’s pretty tough i know , but i try to wake up earlier than usual in order to get things done in time , also , i dont neglict prepare some stuff at night for the morning for example put what im going to wear in the morning by bed side and prepare all morning breakfast ingredients aside as well so i wont search for anything in the morning and I estimate time to get things done and i do them in parallel .
I don’t, I do it in the evening before bedtime to center myself and reflect on my day. I don’t like to feel rushed so I don’t do it in the morning.
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