Weekend Morning Routines

Many people talk about or share their Monday-Friday morning routine, but I think weekend morning routines are just as important if not more important. As a career driven individual, it is your own responsibility to keep your physical and mental state in the best state. Afterall, if you cannot manage your physical and mental well being, how can you manage a big company or business. Doing what you enjoy will help you refresh and energized for another upcoming week, and also help you keep your Monday blues at bay.

As Tony Stark said in Ironman 3,“Everybody needs a hobby”. Usually after an intense and dramatic week of work and personal matters, I like to get up early to spend my Saturday morning with some labour-intensive work of giving my favourite car a good old fashion hand wash. For me, there is no better time to let everything sink in, embrace the cold water and get immense self-satisfaction by cleaning every inch of paintwork. ?

I understand not everybody is a car enthusiast, but if you are like me the time spent washing my car have these benefits:

1.????Get into the state of a clear mind - it’s cold and wet, which means that I feel completely awake and alive.

2.????Good exercise: full body too - It is a great morning workout yet it is just right and not too intensive like going to the gym.

3.????Your problem solving mind kicks in - you will always find some spots or something dropped on the paint that need you to think and try different ways to clean it off, be it with wipes, wax or other chemicals. Usually you don’t succeed first time, do trial and error. Great to get your hands dirty too, the smell of these wax and chemicals will give you brain a big disruption too.

4.????Once the above all kicks in, you will go into a great state of mind for brainstorming and suddenly a lot of ideas will flow out to solve your problems, try it – it works!

5.????You have a clean car – nothing beats the satisfaction of a clean car and then go for a morning drive. Perhaps reward yourself with a nice breakfast with coffee!

Last Saturday when I cleaned my car for the first time in 2023, it gave me an idea to share the experience via this article. I was in a poor state as the week has drained me out, but after the morning routine, I suddenly feels fantastic and ready to rock again! Share yours with me, what is your favourite Weekend Morning Routine??