develop a daily morning routine

Make bed 5
Put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
Dress 10
Gather things for tennis 5
Tennis
Bagels 60
Shower, Dress 20
Kitchen 14

Meds 1

I woke up at 7.30 today and finally got out of bed around 8, tidied, had a shower, now i feel fresh, sitting in front of the computer checking emails with an apple and some oats. I feel so refreshed and in control of my day already, rather then doing everything so rushed! And I forgot how the sun has a different shine to it in the morning! Looking forward to keeping this up if its made such a change already :)

I think I have a bit of a routine going. It goes like this:
1. Wake up
2. Go to bathroom and brush teeth
3. Make bed
4. Clear my mind (Presence Process) for 15 minutes
5. Read CM with subsequent meditation
6. Do 20 minutes of yoga
7. Take a shower or eat breakfast (depends how hungry I am)

I still mess up a bit, but this seems to be working for now. Ideally, if I were to be a morning person, I think I would be able to exercise in the morning as well. We’ll see.

Ive never realised how important this is to do! i definately notice a big change in my mood and productivity when my morning is in order. At the moment i’ve been sick for nearly a week now and because of this i’ve been waking up after lunch, then doing nothing very exciting at all for the rest of the day apart from resting.. and its really getting me down not just physically but mentally too.I always get like this around exam break and the mid year break is coming up and i do not want to waste the whole holiday sleeping.

I’m aiming for my mornings to look something like this:

8.00 am – wake up, make bed tidy room/house briefly

8.05 am – brush teeth, shower, do hair + face etc

8.30 – meditate ( I’m new on this so for me this basically means taking a good ten minutes out to relax and clear my head)

8.40 am – have a healthy breakfast/ tea while plan day/check emails/ set important tasks

I’m going to try fit in my aerobics video before my shower every second to third day

take meds 1
make bed 5
start laundry 5
put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
shower, dress 10
clean kitchen 10
do one thing on paperwork project 10
hair, makeup 4

breakfast 30

Start at 7 am

take meds 1
make bed 5
start laundry 5
put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
dress 10
clean kitchen 10
hair, makeup 4
breakfast 10
do one thing on paperwork project 10
leave for tennis

Start at 6:30 am

dress 12
gather things for tennis: visor, water, cell phone 5
breakfast 8

leave by 6:55 am
tennis 2 hours

take meds 1
make bed 5
start laundry 5
put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
shower, dress 22
clean kitchen 12
hair, makeup 10

do one thing on paperwork project 10

Begin at 7 or 7:30 am

take meds 1
make bed, or strip bed 5
start laundry 5
put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
shower, dress 22
clean kitchen 12
hair, makeup 10
breakfast 10

this is more a mind challenge. i need to learn to wake up earlier and programme my mind to have more positive thoughts cause i know the way i wake up affects the rest of my day. so this is what i have to keep in my mind in order to achieve it:

• help myself on focus on today as i wake up
• pray and meditate daily
• have a nice nutritious breakfast
• make a to-do list for the next day before i go to sleep
• make a quick review on my to-do list by the morning
• stretch daily

Make bed 5
Start laundry 5
Put away clothes, tidy bedroom 5
Clean kitchen 13
Shower, dress 22
Do hair, make up 10

This should take me about an hour. My goal is to start by 8am weekdays.
On Saturday, I want to start on this before 11 am, because I love doing whatever I want for the first few hours on Saturday.