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
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