How can changing your morning routine change your life?

Do you start your morning feeling relaxed and under control or do you start it feeling tired and frustrated?

By crafting a morning routine that enables you to take care of YOU before you take care of everyone else, you can overhaul your entire experience of life and business.

In this episode, I share my own 3 hour morning routine, which includes things like yoga, reading, and spending quality non-work time with Nick, my husband, before we start the day’s work. I explain why I do the things I do each morning – and give you some suggestions for things you might like to consider incorporating into your own morning routine.

This is my routine – yours will look different. It all comes down to what you know you need to incorporate to help you start the day relaxed, and from a place of power and calm instead of stress. And the key element of this is the word ‘routine’ – I talk about the power of crafting positive habits, and how to grow your routine incrementally over time.

Overhauling my morning routine changed my life – I now start my days from a place of power – knowing I’ve done all my vital self-care activities, and can launch into my workday from a place of energised calm. Of course – some days it all falls apart, and that’s okay! It’s what you do most of the time that matters – and the longer you work at crafting your routine, the more powerful it will become.

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Quotes and Highlights from this Episode:

* Make time for the most important things in your life for your own personal happiness and health

* Doing things which are for relaxation and for exercise will always make you feel better

* “I read a book, blog or at least something which will get me energised and inspired for the day.”

* Look for reading in the morning which will get your business brain churning and ready for you work day

* Making space for your morning and all the rituals you would like to complete before your day starts is really important

* “If I get on the exercise bike, I’ll listen to a Podcast.”

* There are heaps of great apps and websites you can find which give you exercise ideas and which can do within the time you have available for your morning.

* APP: 7 Minute Workout

* Leave yourself as much time as you can for your morning routine.

* “The key is to have a flow and a set of triggers which will help craft your morning routine.”

* BOOK: The Sweet Spot by Christine Carter

* Changing one thing in your morning routine is actually about changing a whole bunch of habits.

* All your habits are triggered by something which precedes them.

* Understand the reward for changing your habit – why do you want to change your habits?