Personal Development Blog for a life turn around

As you know I am a big fan of NOT starting your day with work or things that you have to do in the day. Rather you do something for you. This stops you going into the day without taking some time to think or not think I should really say!

A morning routine in your Personal Development Plan can change the way you think about yourself and the day ahead. I know from my own personal experience that if I get on my laptop as soon as I get up then I will most likely be typing on it for a couple of hours. I then feel stressed about what I have to do in the day.

When I get up and do some breathing, exercise, Meditation I feel relaxed and have a better understanding on what I want my day to be.

So instead of letting the day create the mindset you have for the day, you create the mindset you want for the day.

Eastern philosophy has know this for years. That is why they meditate, do Tai Chi etc. Why? Well it gives your brain time to relax and enter a place where you can do something for you not all the things you have to do.

Try this for a week and see how much you change!

Matt

I have to admit I am not the best in the morning. I am not the “Lay in bed for three hits of the snooze button” type of person but I am actually something much worse.

That is, the person who as soon as I get up I want to start doing tasks. Reading email, posting to this blog, getting ready for the day. So much so that sometimes the last things I do at night are think about what I have to do in the morning.

That sucks and is not the good way to start your day. It is not congruent with Personal Development Plan either.

Sure I get a lot done, but I also miss out on all the great things you can do in the morning that can change your life.

If I don’t train myself to stop doing this that is basically how my mornings go. Now, however I have a new morning routine which has changed my life.

Instead of checking email on my Blackberry, opening my laptop, reading email again, replying to email, surfing the web, writing an article for this blog, checking on business I ignore all of that until I have done either one of three things:-

1. Gone for walk

2. Meditate

3. Workout

That is it. That is my Personal Development morning plan.

It looks simple but it changed my life. Why? Well it stopped the constant thinking about what I have to do and gives me time to just “be”. To just be in the present moment and not worry about the future.

Worrying about the future is one of the main challenges we have in “modern” society today. I say modern but actually I think we are less advanced in some ways than our ancestors.

If you have kids then you will know that your mornings are busy. That is great and you can’t just stop being a parent but you can ensure you get some time to yourself after the kids are sorted. Baby, gone to sleep? Then this could be your chance to get some proper relaxation time.

One of my neighbours has two small kids. I see her most mornings with the pram out in her walking gear. She walks with the kids and is also getting some fitness done. She may not know it but she is also giving herself some personal time to contemplate and relax.

I would love to live with Tibetan Monks for a year and do all the things they do. Be disciplined, work hard, have tasks, focus the mind, ignore the busy modern life. But really I don’t live in that world. But we can learn from that.

If you are finding that all you do is think about what to do next next, then stop. In your Personal Development plan put in some time for you. The best is in the mornings. Change your morning routine and change your life.

I used to work in London and had to get an early train to work. I wouldn’t have been able to get up earlier (that is what I thought at the time). Well, great, I had 25 minutes on the train that I could have used to meditate.

Make a change and watch how this changes your life.

Your Personal Development is not just about what you do after you start work!

Matt