I’m creating a morning routine.

I had one before, but that was more about just sitting in bed, scrolling through social media, drinking coffee, and reading the odd book.

It was a pretty good routine but I like my new one better.

When I wake up I don’t pick up my phone for a least an hour.

I make a big-ass mug of bulletproof coffee, decaf.

I don’t take breakfast, because I’m always intermittent fasting.

Then I get back to bed and journal for about an hour, pen on paper (for the oldskool authentic vibe).

I ask ‘What do I need to learn or see today?’, and then just let the answer come up.

Or I start with things like ‘I believe that people are…’ or ‘As a coach, I should always…’, and let it rip.

At first, it was a bit wonky and uncomfortable, because I tried to find the answers in my rational mind.

But now I’m good.

It’s quite fascinating what comes up from the darker places in my being, and you can consider that to be an understatement.

After journaling for an hour or so I almost always have ideas for a blog, so I’ll write one.

Or two.

And after doing that, I’ll work out, doing a bit of low-intensity cardio and some serious weightlifting.

Now you might be wondering why I’m doing this, and what the purpose of this routine (that is expanding and evolving and shifting) actually is.

I have different answers to that.

Because it feels good to spend time on and with myself, consciously.

Because it helps me getting to know the darker and more hidden parts of myself that tend to make me do and think unhelpful things.

Because I like doing things that I don’t like in the beginning, because I know that ‘I don’t feel like it’ holds the key to amazing insights.

Because it makes me feel good (about myself).

Because it teaches me about resilience, growth, possibilities, and creation.

Because I notice results and I love that.

I re-create myself through my morning routine.

And that makes me a better person, it really does.

I’m not saying I was bad before, I’m simply talking about the quality of my being and my life.

It has improved dramatically.

I am much more light-hearted, much more forgiving, much less judgmental, much more creative and inventive and effective, much less jealous and dramatic, much less disappointed or looking for people to blame, much happier, and way more powerful in my decisions and actions, to name just a couple of the changes.

Now I get it that ‘being a better person’ is wildly subjective.

But since I’m the person we’re talking about right now, I get to decide what it means.

And it means a lot.

I’m incredibly grateful to have and appreciate the insights that keep me exploring and discovering, that gently push me towards things like a morning routine, which I always thought was for people without imagination (yeah I know).

Of course, we’re already good, we all are.

But how about being ridiculously amazing?

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(If you want to re-create your life, if you want to set up one or two or five new routines to get you going toward new places, and if you just can’t seem to get it done, email me. Let’s talk, let’s be inspired, and let’s make it happen. Mail me)

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