Health and Wellness
Great Habits
Start
in the Morning by Kristen Horler, MS What is Your Routine? Routine is everything and a break in routine can help you recognize how important consistency is to success. Grab a piece of paper and a pen. Write down every detail of how you started your day today. Did you wake up to an alarm? What time? Did you hit snooze? If so, how many times? What was the very next thing that you did? Did you make coffee or tea? Brush your teeth? Workout? Shower? Write it all down. Do you follow this routine every morning? What has changed in your morning routine since March? It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about making improvements in your fitness, nutrition or business -- the first step to creating change
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is awareness. Now that you have written down what your morning routine looked like today, is there anything that you want to reduce or eliminate? What Needs to Change? When COVID-19 resulted in a shutdown, my morning routine changed dramatically. I was no longer getting up at 5:00 a.m. for crew practice, going for a run, or teaching a fitness class. This resulted in staying up late with my husband and watching Netflix. I soon began waking up with the sun, instead of to an alarm. I also found myself picking up my phone in the morning and spending up to an hour looking at the news to see what new, shocking information was available. I soon realized that I was struggling to start my workday before noon, which meant I was working late into the evening and missing quality time with my family. It was a vicious cycle that I wasn’t sure how to break.
