The Power of a Morning Routine

What do you do when you first wake up in the morning? Do you mindlessly get up, use the bathroom, make the coffee and turn on the news? Do you lie in bed until the very last minute after hitting the snooze button over and over, only to have to rush around to be out the door on time? How does that make you feel? Do you like to start your day that way?

I recently read a book by Robin Sharma called The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. The book is a sort of parable to teach us the reason for waking at 5AM to begin your day with a 20/20/20 routine.

What is the 20/20/20 routine, you ask? Robin Sharma calls 5AM to 6AM the Holy Hour in which you should spend the first twenty minutes doing some high intensity exercise, the second twenty, reviewing your goals and daily plan, and the third twenty, reading something to improve the person you were yesterday.

I firmly believe that developing some sort of meaningful morning routine will set you up for a much more productive day. Since I retired from my day job I’m having a hard time establishing one for myself. I had one when I was going to the office every day because I was leaving before 6AM and would have been in a pickle if I didn’t have one. Re-establishing my morning routine is one of my goals for 2020. Here are some reasons to have one:

Get the exercise done early

By exercising first thing in the morning, you can rev up your metabolism and wake your body up. You’ll increase your energy and alertness and be able to function at a higher level longer through the day.

Goals can be established and met

If you write out your goals, the likelihood of achieving them is far higher than if you keep them in your head. When you keep them in your head, they’re just ideas.

It starts your day off on the right foot

If you have an established morning routine, you can operate a little on “automatic pilot”  as you begin your day. You’ll be less likely to have to scramble around thus alleviating the stress associated with such behavior.

There are so many other really good reasons to have a strong morning routine that I’ve just inspired myself to double down on my efforts to establish one. I’ll let you know how it goes.

My Story

Since June 2019, I decided to hold myself accountable for walking my talk. Several years ago, I was able to take off 135 pounds and essentially save my own life. I regained some of that weight in the last couple of years and I’m working my way back down. I’ve lost over 40 pounds since I began in June and have exercised nearly every day since August.

If you choose to join me on this journey, I hope I am able to impart some nutritional and lifestyle wisdom. Even though I may have gone off the rails temporarily I can still share some of my first hand experience as well as my acquired knowledge and training to help you make the right changes to live your best life.

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As a health coach, I work with women who are facing serious health challenges like heart disease, metabolic syndrome and diabetes or who have been diagnosed as having a precursor to a serious health issue such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or high blood sugar. I help them make food and lifestyle changes so they can get healthy, live longer and enjoy a fuller, happier, more energetic life. If you would like to have a free consultation about the health challenges you have and the improvements you would like to see in your health, click here to schedule a no strings attached call.