I've been waking up at 5.30 am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays these past few weeks. It is by choice, though I may not have been of sound mind when choosing that choice. A pre-dawn boot-camp Groupon sounded positively invigorating when I signed up in January. And it is... once I can get out of bed and into the dark, wet Seattle mornings to the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Association building.
When I wake up I tell myself, "Don't think, Alisha." Auto-pilot is the best way to get myself there.
After totally working the squats for an hour I do feel awesome, as anticipated. I signed up for this punishment not only for the physical benefits, but also just to remind myself that, not only can I wake up at 5.30 am to work-out, I am capable of quite a bit more. Starting my morning like this helps me to focus and get the momentum going for the rest of the day.
I'm totally into morning rituals to give me a bit of rhythm. These days, my ritual/ get-out-of-bed bribe is listening to my audio version of The Help in the car on the way to boot camp. (Audio is a great way to read The Help by the way. Those voice actors are something else!). It's so good I often find myself doing several loops around the neighborhood before parking to hear what's going to happen next.
When I wasn't doing morning work-outs, I started my day like this...
I love having rituals to help me get going and stop me from reinventing the wheel every morning when faced with a new day. Even though I've been waking up and getting on with things successfully for three decades, it's always a bit of a shock to get started, isn't it? Rituals ease me right in...
What are your morning rituals?
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love your illustrations alisha- you have a gift!
my morning ritual? sleep until Wes wakes me up, convince him to stay in bed with us as long as possible, get his breakfast going while I clean the dishes left over from the night before (want to start the day off productively)...if i'm lucky i'll have some kombucha and go to the gym...but that hasn't been happening as much these last two weeks...i'm missing you as a workout buddy ;)
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