Your morning routine might be different from your partner or anyone from your family. But as the matter of fact, there is no morning routine that fits into everyone’s life. Some might be interested in drinking coffee the moment they wake up, or some might read newspaper, while some wake up and start using their phone.
Well anything is acceptable in the world we live in. But we can not neglect the fact that morning is an important part of the day and how you spend it is equally important.
For instance: Are you always in bad mood when you wake up? Or Do you lay in your bed for hours and hours and think about life? Or Do you always wake up stress free and your day is a blast for you? Your bad morning habits can have a negative effect on the rest of the day. However, there a few changes in your bad morning routine that can help transform it in a healthy morning routine.
Just follow these simple ways of making your mornings healthy and your day amazing.
1. Snoozing Your Alarm:
Hitting the snooze button for once is alright. But if you will be end up hitting it more than twice then that is more alarming than your alarm itself. Hitting the button again and again will let you travel in your sleep cycle and when you finally do wake up, you’ll probably feel awful and groggy.
2. Checking Your Phone:
Having a smart phone does not necessarily mean that your mind is smart as well. You don’t have to immediately look into your phone when you wake up, it won’t solve any world’s problems. You will have plenty of time to check into social media in the rest of the day time, utilize this time in doing something good for your body and mind, try doing yoga! It might help you in the rest of the day.
3. Not Stretching:
When we are asleep our muscles sleep too and they become stiff throughout the night and remain stiff until we wake up. If you don’t stretch when you wake up you might be carrying this stiffness with you at your work, which can effect your productivity of the day. That is why some people who do not stretch remain tired and uncomfortable all day. Just a few deep breaths and stretches will do the work!
4. Leaving Your Bed Unmade:
You often would not feel the need to make your bed, after all it is going to be messy again. But according to a research “making your bed is associated with increased productivity throughout the rest of the day”. It is counted as a good habit and if you make it your routine you might end up in adopting other good habits. So tomorrow when you wake up don’t forget to make your bed.
5. Skipping Breakfast:
Skipping breakfast leads to obesity, diabetes and weak immunity and puts extra strain on your body. Study suggests that you don’t necessarily have to eat like a king in the break fast but you need to eat something. Avoid high crab breakfast because it is little to no nutritional breakfast rather add some proteins and make it your healthy morning routine.
6. Not Exercising
Your busy and hectic routines might not allow you to hit the gym and take care of your body but working out or doing yoga first thing in the morning can also help you wake up, even if it’s only for a few minutes! Try it, you will feel fresh the rest of the day.
7. Staying in the dark:
Keeping the lights off and the blinds tilted may seem like a softer way to start the day and many people are often fond of it too. Our mind knows how to function in particular time of the day whether it is dark or light. So when you get ready in the dark or practice other chores in the morning, your mind could signal to your body that it is still night and feel much more dazed. Feel fresh and open up the blinds!
8. Wasting Time On Unimportant Things:
The most important of all, if you want to accomplish something in your life and you want to achieve better in your life, you need to figure out what is more important for you and what isn’t. Do not spend too much time on decisions that you know are not relevant to your day, such as the clothes you wear. Many famous and successful people like Mark Zuckerberg wear same outfits every time because they do not want to waste time on unimportant decisions of the day. Set your priorities straight and adopt a healthy morning routine.
9. Focusing On The Negative:
Do not let the bad things or memories haunt you every day. Thinking about yesterday’s problems will not help you move forward. You can’t change what has already happened, so focus on making every day better than the last.
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