Reclaim Your Mornings by Personalising Your Morning Routine with these Informative Ideas
Personalise your morning routine with these inspired and practical ideas, and realise the benefits of having a morning routine that suits you.
Dear Spirited Earthling,
Mornings don’t have to be a time reserved for the early birds. Mornings can become a time of day you can enjoy when you reclaim them with a personalised morning routine. The wonder of morning routines lie in their flexibility - prioritising what you need most: peace, creativity, productivity, or movement. Your routine doesn’t have to be what you read a successful someone does, nor does it have to be something that simply won’t work with your current lifestyle. A morning routine brings intentionality and purpose to your day, and balance and energy to your mind, body and soul. Creating a personalised morning routine can be a fun opportunity to get you know yourself better, reevaluate your goals, and support your wholesome personal growth. You just need to allow yourself to have this perspective.
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Benefits of Good Morning Routines
A good morning routine can nurture your self-development, allow for self-care, and deepen your spirituality. Here are tried and true benefits of morning routines and why having one can be life-changing:
Benefit 1: Morning Routines Set the Tone for the Day
The times of meaningless auto-pilot mornings are ending, and the time of intentional actions are beginning. A morning routine is the foundation on which your day is made, and whether your routine is high energy or calm focused, starting your day with these actions that prioritise what you need, will set the tone of positive and productivity.
Benefit 2: Morning Routines Bring Peace and Presence to Your Day
Say goodbye to the feeling of being dragged through the day, and say hello to feeling in control of your day. Having a sense of control can provide stability and grounding to your day, which can lower morning anxiety and stress. A more mindful morning start can make you feel more present and peaceful.
Benefit 3: Morning Routines Build Consistency and Discipline
Building consistency and discipline through your morning routine is a huge benefit because they are highly valuable skills to possess. With these skills, your productivity soars and good working habits become more established.
Benefit 4: Morning Routines Help Achieve Goals
The consistency and discipline you’re buliding by having a morning routine can help you reach your goals and dreams. Whether it’s through using these skills throughout your day, or adding actionable steps to your morning routine that build momentum toward goals - your morning routine can help you to achieve goals in both your personal and professional spheres. Small and consistent efforts lead to large and significant wins.
Benefit 5: Morning Routines Support Physical Health
Take care of your physical health in your morning routine by including some form of body movement (from stretching to HIIT), hydrating, and eating nutritious foods.
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Benefit 6: Morning Routines Strengthen Mental Health and Support Mindfulness
Support your mental health in your morning routine by including mindfulness practices like journaling, breathwork, and meditation. You can also spend time strengthening healthy mindsets and repeating affirmations so that you see yourself and the world with a more positive perspective.
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Benefit7: Morning Routines Support Spirituality and Connecting with Self
Spending time in the morning giving thanks for your blessings, praying to your higher power, and chanting or dancing to raise your energy. You can do practices that can heal and protect your energy. A more challenging activity you can do is shadow work journaling.
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“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” ~ Wayne Huizenga
Morning Routine Ideas to Personalise
There are different types of morning routines because there are different types of people who lead different lives and have different resources and goals. The idea here is for you to read these different morning routine ideas and create a personalied routine that best aligns with your lifestyle and goals:
Energetic Morning Routine
An energetic morning routine is great if you naturally wake up with a lot of energy because you can direct it into your personal growth. In this routine, you will be doing high-energy activities like HIIT workouts, jogging, dancing, or strength training. There is a primary focus on prioritising your physical health, which has positive ripple effects into your other wellness areas.
On the other hand, something to consider is that regularly practising an energetic routine could be a good way to feel more energetic in the morning. As you become used to getting your energy moving around your body, it could be a routine you fall in love with.
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Slow Morning Routine
The most talked about morning routines are often the energetic type ones. However, there is real beauty in a slow morning routine and a quiet morning is what many people seek and need. This routine sees you journaling, meditating, practising breathwork, reading for growth and spirituality (sacred texts), and welcoming the quiet moments to nuture a calm and focused mind. It can also include slow physical movement like stretching, restorative yoga, Tai Chi, or leisurely walking. A slow morning routine can ground and settle you if you lead a busy and chaotic life, counteracting burnout to some degree.
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Creative Morning Routine
Nurturing creative passions does more for you than you know. If you are a creative soul, dedicating time to your pursuits can fulfill, inspire, and even energise you. Creative projects are for everyone. Think about hobbies you would like to start and spend time each morning learning that skill, be it writing, crafting, painting, drawing, knitting, and sewing.
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Educational Morning Routine
Investing time and energy into furthering yourself is essential to your self-development. An educational morning routine will develop whichever aspect of life you focus on - personal growth, professional development, relationship healing, etc. You can spend time in the morning learning a new skill, improving current skills, taking online courses, studying, or reading and researching applicable topics.
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Wholesome Morning Routine
A wholesome morning routine supports your mind, body, and soul or self-development, self-care, and spirituality. Choosing practices from the above mentioned routine ideas to create your own can make the routine more meaningful, and you more willing to follow it.
An example of a wholesome morning routine is the well-known 5 am Club - time for exercise (20 minutes), mindfulness (20 minutes), and learning (20 minutes). While more energetic exercise is recommended in this routine, you could adapt to suit you (slower body movements, but movement nonetheless). The 20 minutes of mindfulness could be a meditation or you getting into flow doing creative projects.
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“Morning is an important time of day because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” ~ Lemony Snicket
As said in the beginning, these different morning routine ideas can help you personalise and reclaim your mornings. Remember, it is often said that it takes around 66 days to get into a morning routine because you are breaking old habits and integrating new habits. Another thing to consider is starting to set up your morning the night before.
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Example of a Wholesome Morning Routine
This is an example of a wholesome morning routine that incorporates aspects of self-development, self-care, and spirituality into your day:
Hydrate: Drink a glass of water to rehydrate after hours of sleep.
Physical Movement: Move your body – stretch, yoga, walk, run, gym, swim, weights.
Mindfulness Practices: Spend time journaling (setting intentions, answering prompts, listing gratitudes), repeating affirmations, meditating, and breathwork.
Spiritual Connection: Pray, read sacred texts, sit at your home altar to ground yourself and connect with guides.
Learn and Grow: Read a book, take a course, listen to a podcast, watch TedTalks, or practice new skills.
Nourish Yourself: Try drinking warm water, honey-lemon-ginger hot water, or your favourite tea before drinking coffee. Eat a nutritious breakfast.
Be gentle but firm with yourself as you establish your routine. Some days will be easier than others. You can keep your morning routine flexible in the sense that it can evolve with you.
“I’ll give you my routine, my morning ritual: I get up, I do a bit of stretching, and then after showering and everything, I have a half cup of warm lemon water. I’ve been doing that forever. I love it. It just brightens everything for me.” ~ Grace Hightower
Morning Routine Suggestions and Considerations
Keep your technological use aligned with the purpose of your morning routine (fitness apps, music, and courses). Dedicate this morning time to your well-being without external influences, so avoid checking the news, scrolling social media, or reading emails.
When it is possible and safe to do so, consider taking all or part of your routine outdoors (reading on the balcony, praying in the garden, or walking outdoors).
If you want to focus on different things, attach practices to the days of the week , e.g. Mondays are for journaling, Tuesdays are for creative skills and hobbies, Wednesdays are for learning, etc. Just be sure to have a plan to preserve your coins.
When applicable, align your physical activity with your menstruation cycle. For example, during menstruation take it easy with slower body movements, during ovulation do more HIIT and energy-intensive workouts.
To create consistency, it is helpful to wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends. You can start by adding one or two activities to your morning, and gradually build on until you have a morning routine. You can wake up at 5 am or just 30 minutes earlier than normal. Give yourself time to find your rhythm.
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning, and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.” ~ Yoko Ono
Start Reclaiming Your Morning Today
This simple to-do list can get you started on creating your morning routine:
Reflect on Your Morning Goals: Think about what you want to achieve with a morning routine - whether it’s more peace, productivity, or inspiration.
Choose One New Activity: Pick one activity from the routine ideas that resonates with you, and try incorporating it into your morning for the next week.
Set a Consistent Wake-Up Time: Aim to wake up at the same time each day, even on weekends, to build consistency and establish a strong foundation.
Spirited Earthling is more than just a blog – it's a gathering place for kindred spirits drawn by an interest in self-discovery, the appeal of self-care, and a desire for a deeper connection to the world. Written and created for curious minds and spiritual hearts seeking meaning in everyday life, this blog aims to help you curate your wholesome personal growth with free weekly ideas and affordable resources for sale.
Spirited Earthling is more than just a blog – it's a gathering place for kindred spirits drawn by an interest in self-discovery, the appeal of self-care, and a desire for a deeper connection to themselves and the world. Written and created for curious minds and spiritual hearts seeking meaning in everyday life, this blog aims to help you curate your wholesome personal growth with free weekly ideas and affordable resources for sale.
As you navigate your personal growth journey using the words and ideas shared here, consider sharing this blog with someone looking for inspiration or motivation on their own journey. We are all spirited earthlings, and can lift each other together with mindful, connected living.
Thank you for being part of this community..
Best wishes, warmest regards
Jordan
[Updated in 2024]
Affirmations: I begin each day with intention and gratitude, nurturing my mind, body, and spirit with a routine that honours my unique journey. I am a creator and choose to create the life I desire. My morning routine supports me becoming my best self.
To-do: Choose one of these routines or one activity to start your morning routine tomorrow.
Journal Prompts: What does my ideal morning routine look like? What small changes could I make to align my mornings more closely with how I want to feel each day?
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