Why I quit trying to build the perfect morning routine.

[Music] last year i created the perfect morning routine each morning at 6 30 am i rolled out of bed and began a series of mindfulness practices to begin my day i brushed my teeth washed my biceps lit a bundle of sage meditated in solitude and journaled for 15 minutes expressing my gratitude to the universe dear universe thanks as the sun rose i took a walk around the neighborhood and of course before i got to work i made a cup of coffee in slow motion [Music] it was by all accounts the perfect morning routine but i decided to completely scrap it and start over with something much simpler i want to talk about my reason for why i did that my current morning routine and also how you can build intentional routines into your own life and make sure you stick around to the end of the video because i've got a really really big announcement to make what was that did you hear that there's a bit of an odd obsession with morning routines in the self-development and business world when you wake up in the morning and do you have a routine at what time do you get up normally in the morning you get out of the bed you go to the bathroom but i totally get it i've been interested in it myself ever since i first started trying to wake up before 7 30 a.m each morning before that point my mornings were pretty typical maybe you've got a similar morning routine right now you wake up to the sound of yeah that sound you're likely groggy from a lack of sleep you brush your teeth check social media from the toilet grab a snack and coffee to get you through the next couple of hours until you finally leave the morning behind and reach the long awaited afternoon most of us simply tolerate our mornings it's the thing that you have to do to get to the rest of your day and so to take back those first few hours of your day feels like a worthwhile pursuit to reclaim that time and this goes for people who consider themselves night owls as well it's not just for people who wake up at 6 00 a.m if you wake up at 1 pm and work well into the night the big question that we're trying to answer here is how do i start my day how do i fill those first few hours of my morning i remember listening to an audiobook years ago called the miracle morning it was as corny as it sounds but as you might know i've always had a soft spot in my heart for corny self-help books anyway the key takeaway that i got from this book plan time for yourself in the morning before your day gets away from you and other people's priorities become your own i had already experienced what was one of the most peaceful motivating empowering inspiring and energizing days of my life and it was only six am nothing short of a miracle i told you it was a little corny but i think this is what most people are looking for when they set out to build a morning routine their goals might be different to work on a passion project fit in a workout have some quiet time before the kids wake up but the intention is still the same to add a little bit of control back into their lives to rearrange their priorities if you're working a full-time job if you're taking care of kids during the day if you're running from one thing to the next then there's no better time to do something for yourself than first thing in the morning the reason being it's just so easy to give excuses later on in the day 7 or 8 p.m we're tired we're fatigued our willpower is maxed out we've made so many decisions during the day that by the time that comes around and it's time to do our workout we just give in we give an excuse we say you know what i'll do that tomorrow let me just watch some netflix and chill right now and so by doing it first thing in the morning we're killing all those chances for us to give excuses and to give in and give up now in the case of my supposedly perfect morning routine something was going wrong it was supposed to be a time to really focus on the things that i was interested and passionate in to help ground me but as the year progressed i realized that there were some negative consequences i'd start my day meditating reading listening to podcasts and it was so easy for me to let that morning routine go from 30 minutes to 60 minutes to half of a day and all of a sudden i'm putting off my priorities the things that i really care about and so i had to step back and ask myself a question and this is something that you might be doing right now asking yourself how do i really want to spend my time how do i want to start my mornings we talk a lot about this word intention and it's almost it feels like a magic bullet in a lot of ways but at its simplest form living a life of intention or creating an intentional morning routine means simply asking questions and answering them truthfully honestly and continuing to ask those questions over time because the answers will continue to change as you continue to grow and as you continue to change oftentimes the ideal life isn't a perfect image the perfect morning day or life doesn't exist life gets really messy and so we need to continue to adapt and find out what works best for our lives right now in this moment today and right now for me i'm in a season where i'm really excited about my work my priorities have shifted temporarily from starting my day with a series of mindfulness practices to my passion for telling stories i simply don't want to put off what's most important to me right now my current morning routine is ridiculously simple i wake up around 6 am i roll out of bed head straight to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee in slow motion and then i sit down to get to work my parting advice for you don't be so rigid in your routines that you completely lose sight of why you're doing them in the first place what works now might not work two months from now so don't stop asking questions also stop chasing perfection it's not as perfect as it looks and you know there's actually been a reason that i've been so inspired to get straight to work in the morning and it's because over the past four months i've been secretly working on one of the biggest projects of my entire life and i am so excited to announce it and to launch it next week in the meantime i didn't want to leave you guys completely hanging so i've created a teaser a little sneak peek of what's to come we live in a world of instant gratification we've been taught that success happens overnight happiness is a destination and pizza is a breakfast food hey i don't think this is the best voiceover to represent shut up matt our culture is increasingly impatient same-day shipping 20-minute delivery six-minute biceps you call those biceps all right now i feel like you're just mocking me but you can bend the status quo you can mold it to your image shape it to define your own destiny that doesn't even make sense i just wasted 300 on a voiceover good things boom wait good things come august 18th am i supposed to be reading all this

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Published: Wed Aug 12 2020