My morning routine used to look like this

5:00am-5:15am- wake up; coffee

5:20am-5:40am- devotions

5:45am-6:30am- Workout

6:30am-6:45am- Meditations

6:45am-7:00am- read; coursework

7:00am-7:20am- Shower

7:20am-7:40am- Breakfast

7:40am-8:00am- Ready for work

8:15am- Leave for work

This bullshit lasted for about 3 days, MAYBE a week if I literally had nothing else to do the night before.

Over and over I would try to do this, shorten times, extend times, wake up earlier, cut something out.

You know what? I FAILED EVERYTIME, and guys, not just once, but twice, thrice and quadrice lol - I mean I just couldn't STICK it like I wanted. I wanted so bad to be one of those people who PREACHED a morning routine, hell I even taught that to my clients!!!

It wasn't until I heard a short clip of a monk who stated this "A morning routine is not about waking up early, it's not about the coffee, though those things are important, it's about grounding and being still"-that's when it clicked.

I couldn't possibly stick to this strict and rigid schedule of just "to-do's" because it didn't feel good to me. NONE OF IT DID.

I had to completely unlearn everything I thought I had to do, which was fill up my morning with a weeks worth of things to do.

So I backed off completely and that in and of itself, already felt amazing. I felt like I could breathe and had space and ease.

I dove into what made me feel absolute joy. What things did I look forward to doing AND not only that, but I F*ed the morning routine and made this into my DAILY routine.

Now, I do ONE thing every morning. ONE THING. and it sets me up for the best days and even on the not-so-best day, it gives me the resilience and mindset I need to power through.

Listen in to see how to build a daily routine (whether that's done in the morning, afternoon, or evening) that actually serves you and propels you forward.

To anything else that feels icky to you or forced- 2 words.

F*CK IT