Morning Routine

Having a morning routine is one of the most talked about topics these days, but hardly can you find 10 people in a crowd with a STEADY morning routine.

Shocker: I’m one of those people without a steady morning routine.

So why am I writing this?

Well, it’ll be hypocritical to suggest that people should do something I don’t do, right?

I know.

Here’s why I’m writing about it though, not like it’s any of your business, but I’m writing this for accountability.

I want to be able to look back at the end of this year, nod my head and pat my myself on the shoulder for having created a steady morning routine.

But first, why should everyone have a morning routine?

Now, like almost everything else, there are different reasons for this but here’s my 2 cents:

A healthy morning routine opens your day to an active you.

Lol…that sounded like something a Sensei would say, right? In a movie, it’d have been emphasized with a dramatic sound of a bell.

Anyway, what I meant by that is this; the morning is the start of every day, if you go about it lazily, chances are your entire day will be unproductive because you’ll feel tired throughout.

If you go about it in a rush, chances are that either in the middle or at the end of the day you’ll be exhausted. Extremely exhausted.

However, if you go about it intentionally, chances are high that your day will be productive because you’re more goal oriented when you’re intentional.

Now, having a routine is one thing, doing it…well that’s where all the work lies in.

Cos you’re thinking “oh, I’m gonna start my day like this, with this, at this time” but when it comes to it, it’s all upside down.

Then your next excuse will be “man plans, God laughs”.

That’s ridiculous!

Why you’d think God laughs at your plans is because you don’t make room for uncertainties in your plans. What, you didn’t avoid error due to parralex in physics class??? (I don’t even know how that relates, but it sounds cool in my head, so it stays).

Anyway, as much as having a morning routine is necessary for every individual on Earth, and ought to be steady, it also has to be flexible, so that in the cause of an unforeseen event, you’ll be able to handle yourself.

But seriously, how long does it even take to complete a morning routine?

Take mine for instance…

Remember, having one and doing it are 2 different things. I have, I’m aiming at doing now.

… my morning routine consists of me waking up latest by 5 a.m, I’m a Catholic so I pray the rosary and read the Bible for my morning devotion, by the time I’m done it should be about 6 a.m. Next, I read at least a chapter of a book, then an article on Medium, then write either on Medium, or LinkedIn, then add some new lines to any of the many stories I’m working on.

After writing, I check my socials, chat a bit, then I do some chores, exercise (I have a routine for that one), have my bath, and my day starts from there (I don’t do breakfasts, so it’s not included in my routine).

That’s probably the simplest routine ever, and you’re allowed to copy from it, provided you start doing it as soon as you copy.

Finally, what makes a routine steady?

Well, steady here simply means doing something everytime -consistency.

It’s why I said having and doing are two different things. We need to be steady with our morning routines, not only will it encourage productivity throughout the day, it’ll keep us in a better frame of mind, which in the end, still promises productivity.

So have a morning routine you can be comfortable with and start doing it.

I’d say from today, but unless it’s 3 a.m where you are, I think October 8, 2023 will make a good time to start.