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3 Steps to Have a Kickass Morning

How to have a kickass day. 

I want to take a few moments this evening and talk about how to have a kickass day by creating a morning ritual. The purpose is to prime your day the same way everyday, so that you can have consistent results. 

Start the morning right.

Here are three simple steps that I use every morning to get ready for the day. Do not be underwhelmed by there simplicity. I recommend you practice them with an experimental mindset and see the results for yourself before you judge them. 

1. Make your bed.

I get up really early and my wife is still sleeping. This does not stop me from taking my blanket, folding it half long ways, and laying it down on my side of the bed. After I take a moment to smooth it out, I top it off with my pillow. This is the first thing I do right after my feet hit the floor. 

This first step is the trigger for the next thing, writing in my gratitude journal. It also puts me into a productive mood. I can say at the end of the day that I at least made my bed. As a side effect, My wife notices immediately if I made my side of the bed. It is normally the first comment she makes to me when I failed to do so. This means that the ritual not only affects me, but her as well. 

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2. Start and maintain a gratitude journal.

I will admit that I didn't think writing "I am so happy and grateful for..." would improve any aspect of my life. Well, I was wrong. I'm sure there is some great science out there that gets into the biochemical neurological reasons why it works, I only know that I am much happier now than before. If my baseline happiness was a 5 of 10 before, it is an 8 of 10 now. Try it and see for yourself.

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3. Exercise.

I am now 40 years old and I exercise every day. Now before you get to excited, the core of my exercise program is walking. I am in no rush to play sports or crossfit or anything that I can get injured by. I simply walk on a treadmill on an incline for an hour. This is something that I can do and I am never soar afterward. This is what works for me. And because it doesn't cause me any pain, I can do it every day. The oxygenated blood flowing to my brain puts me in a very productive mood for the following four hours and I get most of my work done before lunch. 

Find something that you can do every day and do it. There is always time, it will be a matter of priority. I can only say from my personal experience how awesome I feel every day knowing that I took some time to take care of my body. 

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Final thoughts.

I want everyday of my life to be a kickass day. I don't want 'bad' days, I want challenging days. These three steps for me are the elixir that transmute those bad days to just challenging days. They help me adjust my mind and prepare me for what life has to offer me that day. 

In the end, you do you. You figure out what works for you and why you are here on the planet today. 
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