Looking for great morning routine ideas

Well for me its
1. Meditation
2. ICE COLD SHOWERS it puts a jolt into your morning start slow on this one build up to really cold

 

A list of applicable household chores: Throw in a load of laundry/fold what's in the dryer, clean any dishes from the previous night, take out the garbage.

I also work on a puzzle for 5-10 minutes each day. Great way to keep the mind completely focused on something.

Maybe use Duolingo to spend a 5-10 learning a new language.

 

As I stated start slow with this one its easy to get frustrated with it if you just jump into an ice cold shower the first time without starting a little warm. I suggest you start by using warm water at first and SLOWLY BUILD UP TO COLD bye the end of your first shower the water should be a lot colder than normal. After a couple of weeks you can jump in cold shiver a little and shake it off like nothing .
note- if you have heart conditions do not try this before getting a check up by a doctor to see if the heart is good enough shape to take it , I did before I started doing them. Good luck have fun with it

 

So i wakeup at 5am and immediately drink half a bottle of water (your body is dehydrated from sleep processes so this is important), then i have a probiotic+vitamin c dose since both can be taken on empty stomach / convenience factor. Meditate for 30minutes then jump into an ice cold shower (i don't do this bit anymore but works very good.) After all this it's time for breakfast.
You can mix these routines up a lot so just a list of stuff here :

Meditation
Cold Shower
Journaling
Workout (particularly good before a cold shower)
Cardio
Praying
Breakfast
Supplements

Meditation is a constant since there is practically no reason not to do it but the rest are variable - choose whatever suits your goals.

Note : might not want to eat breakfast straight away if you're planning to do work related things in the early morning - it will reduce your efficiency since all your energy is going into digestion.

 

Well for me I wake up at 5. Then I do
1) Meditation - sitting cross-legged and breathing. Just 5 minutes.
2) Visualisation - thinking how my life will look in a few years.
3) Affirmation - Reminding myself that I am worthy of what all that is good in life.
4) Reading - I read self improvement books for around 20 minutes. Right now reading Power of positive thinking.
5) Exercise - I do yoga for a 30 minutes. I learned yoga from watching Shilpa's yoga from YouTube.
6) Writing - I write if there are any particular task I have to do in the day rather than my routine. Also write down any life altering ideas I came across.

Yeah that's how my morning goes. I learned this routine reading Miracle Morning by hal elrod. You should also read it. It explains through all these habits.
Then I get ready for work and do my best their.

 

Thank you for mentioning this book here! It seems to be unbelievably useful and I'm pretty sure my life will turn upside down after I finish it

 

There's a Miracle Morning app also. If you need to ease into it a little more, it has 1 minute for each of the 6 categories, and you can customize the time. The acronym is SAVERS (Silence, Affirmation, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, Scribing) and I do it most mornings, though not enough. Elrod says that he checked out what successful people had in common and they all used some combination of this.
He forgot to mention NoFap, because MAAAANY successful people do that too.

 

I make my bed brush teeth with left hand drink Half bottle of water... once i got these in as a habit i will start to implement more. Going for cold shower next. Its the most difficult i think but also most effective i hope. Great thread here and stay strong everyone. No more p for us !

 

I wake up at 4.30 am and after that I'll do
Meditation, Yoga for 5 - 10 minutes
Think about my whole day what should i have to do
Workout
Breakfast
Playing

 

Something I have found that has been working for me. I made a list of values with my therapist that I betray when engaging in harmful behavior (for me it's webcams). Some of these values are "I value spending my time wisely," "I value my money," "I value having control over my actions." I recite them every morning and night, and pick one value in particular to focus on for the day.

 

Awesome to see so many of you guys are into the same kind of things I am! Specially the cold showers. Most people act like I’m insane for doing it.. don’t know why? It’s just water, not battery acid

 

Please can someone give me a brief intro on what's yoga is all about, and the benefits.