1. 'Wake up' somewhere between 8.30 and 9.30, depending on my schedule and my hours of sleep. Sometimes I just stay in bed for about 8 minutes after the alarm goes off, taking my time to wake up.
2. Go downstairs: Turn on my laptop and my cellphone. Make coffee and make something that I call breakfast.
3. Check email, Facebook and new items on Hypebeast.com and Highsnobiety.com.
By this time my body did not get the nutrition it needs on the long term. My mind didn't obtained any useful information. I might even see some complaining on Facebook. Sometimes I read the newspaper to see what's going on in the world. But waking up and hearing/reading negative things is just not a good start of the day. It is not going to be a part of my morning ritual anymore. And I will block those people on FB too so I don't get to see their posts again.
As I reflect on this, I conclude it is just a bad routine combined with unhealthy habits.
I read an article about how important morning rituals are and how they may affect you the rest of the day. I also watched a program of a successful entrepreneur describing his morning rituals and explaining why the morning is (besides sleep) the most important moment of the day. It made so much sense to me in my head when I heard him talking, that I decided to wake up today at 7.15 am to start a new and more healthy morning ritual myself.
1. I woke up immediately. No snooze-stuff and waisting time in bed.
2. Drank 1/2 liter of purified water. I do this because the human body needs enough water in the morning. Your body dehydrates a lot during your sleep, because it burns energy to recover your muscles, brains and protect the immune system. (Did you know that caffeine dehydrates the body? So if you like to drink coffee, Redbull and other caffeine-containing (soft)drinks, make sure you drink extra water.)
3. I ate two pieces of fruit. One apple and one banana. Then I took two vitamin pills, because mother always told me to. Good boy.
4. I skipped number 4. I was supposed to eat some unpopular breakfast. Something close to organic, rich/raw food. Couldn't find any of that in the house and I didn't bought any, because I made this plan just the night before. Should buy it Monday.
5. Put on my training gear and jogged to a soccer pitch for a warming up of the body. There is an exercise I once learned which is called 'De Zonnegroet' or 'the Sun Salution'. So I did some stretching and said 'Hello!' to the sun.
6. Went home to sweep all the red firework dirt from the porch.
7. Found some brown bread in the refrigerator and made a sandwich.
8. Made green tea and just hopes it is actually quality green tea with antioxidants.
9. Write some stuff, whether it makes immediately sense to me or not.
10. Turn on laptop and post this on my blog.
This feels a lot better than my old routine. I feel better and it will get better once I maintain and improve my morning ritual. I now see it as THAT moment of the day I make myself strong and create that energy to work more effectively and take on external crap I will face the rest of the day. It's good they call it a ritual and not morning-habits or routine. It has something sacred to it.
This little exercise is called de Zonnegroet or 'the Sun Salutation':
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