Does morning rituals guarantee you absolute success? Probably not. But you will feel more energetic and be more productive, if you do it right. Your thoughts become clear, increased ability to focus and look ahead. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. Did you know that more than 40% of our daily actions are habits? Habits are actions, thoughts and emotions that we perform and possess without conscious thoughts or resistance.

How To Do It Right



Successful people have successful habits -- they can be things as simple as their posture, all the way to their ways of building healthy relationships and the habits of continued self-improvement. There are many successful habits you could develop, and morning rituals are definitely one of them. Starting your day in the right way is important. You need to wake up with determination and go to bed with satisfaction. Starting your day with small good actions help build momentum, setting the right tone for the day ahead.



Like I mentioned before, there are endless resources and information on good morning rituals. But in reality, it's not what you do but how you do it that matters. You have to do it right to have results. So what is the best way to do your morning rituals?



The answer is that morning rituals must be systemised and habitualised.



In today's hectic lifestyle, we are bombarded with situations which require our active reactions and decisions to certain matters. They can be the mundane things such as deciding whether to reply the text message you just received, all the way to much more sophisticated matters such as, deciding to buy or sell certain stocks. Decision making is burdening and we as humans experience decision fatigue. That's why morning rituals are best performed if it's a habit -- an automated set of actions and protocols on autopilot. You will be much more motivated to wake up early in the morning for your rituals and enjoy them.

If you start the morning right, you feel much more energized, be productive and your stress tolerance levels will be higher than usual. If you start the morning in a rush, you can't afford the time to make yourself look good, be forced to miss out on that morning coffee you desperately need, then everything will seem to go wrong that day. You feel fatigued and become agitated.

Examples And Benefits Of Some Morning Rituals

Deep Breathing

I exercise deep breathing for 10 minutes every morning. Most of us are shallow breathers and without even knowing it, we miss out on its abundant health benefits. Some of the known benefits of deep breathing are:

Reversing anxiety

Improved concentration levels and observation skills

Reduced stress levels

Increased creativity and problem-solving skills

Promotes tissue regeneration and healing

Increased oxygen to heart, brain and eyes

Journaling

I am an avid fan of writing journals. I physically write with a pen in my moleskine notebook and also have a private journaling platform online that I have been adding content to for a long time. The emotion and feelings when I read older entries are so gratifying, that it motivates me to write more and more. I write about many things: the day ahead, my feelings, the good and the unfortunate events or problems that I am facing. Journaling is known to have the following benefits:

Clarify thoughts and emotions

Understand about yourself more in a deeper level

Reduce stress

Solve problems more effectively

Raise awareness of your situation and time

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