My Morning Routine

When I brainstorm ideas for the blog, I make sure to include posts that I personally love reading on other blogs – one of those being morning routines. I’m not sure why I have this fascination with what people do in the mornings, but it probably stems from my childhood. When I was younger, I would wake up at an ungodly hour to watch Pappyland (the drawing TV show), and do a workout while watching Crunch Fitness. My mornings are a bit different these days, but more important than ever in making my whole day run as seamless as possible.

Let’s walk through my morning routine.

5:45am – My dog usually wakes me up between 5:30-5:45am to go to the bathroom. After he does his business, I sit in the living room and spend at least 15 minutes journaling and reading. The journal I’m using at the moment is called The Five-Minute Journal. I write in it in the morning and at night before bed. The journal prompts you to answer the same questions every day.  The morning prompts include: I am Grateful For, What Would Make Today Great, and a Daily Affirmation. The nighttime prompts include: 3 Amazing Things That Happened Today and How Could I Have Make Today Better. 

After I’m done journaling, I take ten minutes to read. Right now I’m reading “The Miracle Morning” by Hal Elrod (non-fiction) and “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins (fiction). Both are completely different and I like that. I’ve always been a huge fan of non-fiction books, but it’s been a goal of mine this year to get more into fiction. I’ll be sure to do a full review on both books when I’m done reading them. 

6:10am: Bryan leaves for work around 6am, so after I say goodbye to him I do at least 20-30 minutes of yoga. I don’t have enough time in the mornings to go to a studio for a yoga class, so I make it work by practicing at home. I’m currently doing a 30 day yoga challenge and will post all about it next month. So far, daily yoga has really energized my mornings and makes me feel so accomplished. I usually follow along with Youtube videos, but other days I’ll do a self-guided practice. I shared my 5 favorite at-home yoga workouts in this post. 

6:45am: After yoga, I open my editorial calendar and write down any blog post ideas that I stored in my notes app or email. I also use this time to make sure my blog post for the day went live, and schedule out social media posts. 

7:00am: For the next 30 minutes, I get ready for the day. This includes washing my face, putting on makeup, doing my hair, ironing my clothes, getting dressed, and taking my probiotic.  

7:30am: I make my breakfast and lunch. This usually includes fruit or gluten free bagel/waffles for breakfast and a mason jar salad for lunch.

7:35am: With the weather getting warmer, walking Pete in the morning is really enjoyable and provides some relaxation before having to head to work. 

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