Lets first set the context: Yes, i will use the phone for communication to a close one or loved one, but I will completely eliminate all interaction outside of that. EX: no social media or internet scrolling before bed or to start the day. Yes, my phone is on ringer, but that is exclusive most of the time for a phone call. I usually avoid texting early morning or late night. I don’t want to give off the impression that I’m unreachable. But i do want to make it clear that interaction late night or early morning is EXCLUSIVE to individuals in my INNER CIRCLE ONLY.
WHY? Humans since the beginning of time gathered in tribes. We sat around fire at nighttime and Interated with the ones we trusted, created a life with, smiled and laughed with, and loved deeply. Transition this to modern day: Its nighttime. Maybe you’re enjoying dinner with your spouse or kids. Maybe you’re reading and playing games with your children or roommate. Maybe you’re eating and gathering, or praying together. Maybe you’re enjoying a nice relaxing hot shower or bath. Maybe you’re simply at your apartment alone enjoying a movie or a puzzle. PRE BEDTIME activities since the beginning of time have been CALMING. Dim lights. Cool temperatures. Calm slow movement. All actions to tell our bodies that it’s time to transition toward calm and to prepare for rest in the upcoming hours. I don’t know about you: but enhancing the chances of having high quality sleep sounds absolutely phenomenal.
Guess what? Your body and mind LOVE ROUTINES. Once you practice this for just 1 week, it starts to become familiar and really starts working extremely well. You will start noticing a sense of calm and parasympathetic calming energy amongst your psyche arising naturally because your mind and body already know what is coming. They know at 8:30 PM, we dim the lights, cool the apartment temperature, take a hot shower, potentially pray for some people, and slow life down a bit. We don’t scroll the internet and give it 1,000 things to focus on and ponder about in our minds.
Now, i hear this often: I have trouble sleeping. i don’t feel fresh in the morning. it takes forever for me to go to sleep. I proceed to ask people what their nighttime routine looks like, and they’re most likely not checking some of those boxes from the “mental calming actions” standpoint. Again, lets take responsibility of our lives and do what it takes to increase our chances of a successful night’s rest.
Lets fast forward to morning routines: Lets appreciate this simple concept. Its 6:30 AM. You open your eyes in bed. We would all agree that we would all want to have a good, low anxiety, feel good day correct? Well, what does a good day IMMEDITATELY LOOK LIKE? Again: Lets take responsibility for CREATING A GOOD DAY. First: we wake up early enough to not be power walking and flying around your apartment to rush out of the door. If this is you, you’re programming your mind from the get go to operate anxious, full speed and high heart rate. Doesn’t sound fun does it? So WAKE UP EARLIER. Next: If you’re reaching for the cell phone as an automatic response and immediately scrolling social media, text messages, news, and entertainment: you just reenforced a automatic response that heightens anxiety, depression, and several other chemicals in the brain that influence your thoughts patterns. lets take a step back. Instead of grabbing that cell phone, what if we went directly to your living room, let some sunlight into the place, drank a nice large glass of water, sat down and breathed slowly and sat in meditative calm for at least a few minutes. Sounds a bit more in control and zen doesn’t it?
I’m not saying everyone needs to be a monk or a deep meditator in the morning. For you: it could me stepping outside for some fresh air. Making yourself a good breakfast. Playing some calming music that makes you feel good. Simply creating your own unique custom morning routine that sets you up for calm, love, and peace to start the day.
YOU TIME. your late night and early mornings are YOU TIME.
Once we become more intentional about our pre bed and awakening routine, we start noticing lots more calm, focus and feel good energy. Both nighttime and morning time are powerful moments of our days. Everything causes something.
Once you start taking responsivity of your routines, your entire life will change. Give it one week. You will notice massive differences just that quickly.
People want the perfect diet, workout, supplements but don’t want to FIRST look at the routines in their lives. Let’s first REVERSE ENGINEER our routines before we dig into the additions or complexity.
Hope this put things into perspective very well to help enhance the quality of your lives. This intention has not only changed my life for the better but its even more rewarding when I hear about success stories of other people, and when I can notice a higher sense of calm in their presence. Now you’re educated. Go do something with it.
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