Morning Magic

All my podcast faves talk about their morning routines: 

My morning routine consists of:

Meditation, journaling and affirmations, make my bed, and movement. I also drink 12 oz of water, and do cold exposure, where I turn my shower cold at the end for around 60 seconds. I’ve found that if I turn the water cold slowly, it doesn’t shock me or leave me breathless. 

After my morning routine, I am ready to face my day head on.

By far the linchpin in the magic of my morning routine is movement. I look forward to meditation and journaling, but getting up and moving my body sheds any layers of self-doubt, or I-don’t-want-to-get-out-of-bedness that may be lingering. 

I work out 5 mornings a week, but twice a week I have early mornings, and can’t get a workout in, but I still move. On my early mornings, I will play a song with a speedy tempo and get my heart rate up for 3-4 minutes. It is fun, and works to shed the last of the I don’t want to face today yet feeling.

It’s magical.

To see where I got my inspiration for setting up my mornings, please check out:

Chase Jarvis

Chase Jarvis and Tim Ferriss 

Aubrey Marcus 

Kelly Brogan 

Jim Kwik 

Josh WaitzkinI had to put this one in. Josh has mastered learning and coaches top business professionals. His methods for finding answers to your MIQ’s – your Most Important Questions, are worth checking out, and something I added to my mornings the day I listened to this show.

You get the idea. Enjoy!