Start Your Day…Connected
How do you begin your days? Are you reaching for your phone as the first action when you wake up each morning? Is your second action to scroll through feeds, view notifications, or even check email? If these are your first actions, you may be creating unwarranted stress, anxiety, and pressure that pours into your entire day.
How you start your day is how you live your day.?How you live your day is how you live your life. Louis Hay
In a world where content stimulates our minds from the moment we awake until bedtime, knowing when and how to unplug is as essential as breathing. The first minutes or hour of our day impacts how we show-up throughout the remainder of the day. Think about a day you woke up in a mad dash or on the wrong side of bed. How did this impact your interactions, energy, and even mindset for the remainder of the day??
Establishing a morning ritual or routine that helps you tune into or connect with yourself sets the tone for the day. Without a morning routine, your mental and emotional health is at risk. This can include: stress, anxiety, depression, isolation, FOMO, or even a feeling of inadequacy among others.?
In recent years, we’ve been reminded about the power of a morning ritual. Retired United States Navy four-star Admiral William H. McRaven's in a 2014 Commencement speech spoke about doing the small things. He shares how the consistent practice of making your bed each morning sets a tone for your actions and character (daily, weekly, & for a lifetime). Check out his speech and his 2017 book Make Your Bed on this concept.?
Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning, introduces a morning practice that helps waking up daily to higher levels of energy and focus for the day. Elrod's practice in The Miracle Morning is known as “S. A. V. E. R. S.” - Silence. Affirmations. Visualization. Exercising. Reading. Scribing. Elrod recommends these six actions be the first we do each morning to invigorate yourself and your days.
So, we at Thiyah dare ask,?what is your morning ritual or routine to connect with yourself?
As you think about your morning ritual or routine, we've included a few of our very own provided by team members at Thiyah: