Conquer Your Mornings, Conquer Your Life
Good morning, dude.
It’s 7:00 AM as I write this. Just had my morning run, 3 glasses of water and a Morning Jumpstart shower. Feeling awesome, smelling great, ready go! But I didn’t wake up feeling like this…
Not a morning person you say? That’s because you’re still half asleep and half living in dreamland. The earlier and faster you land into your body, the more you’ll enjoy your mornings and you’ll have more hours of the day to get things done.
Dreamland & Wakeland
After you exit dreamland and enter back into wakeland, you can feel groggy, lost and grumpy upon first waking up. Understandably so! You just exited one world and entered into another. A lot happens when you’re in dreamland. Your body works to heal and restore itself. Your soul goes off and does who knows what. Sleep is anything but inactivity.
Dreamland and wakeland are two completely different worlds and both require an enter/exit routine in order to properly transition in and out. Go figure. Self-care in the first few hours of the day and the last few hours before sleep are absolutely crucial to maximize each world and maximize life in general. I call it your Morning Jumpstart and Evening Wind Down routine.
Try this Morning Jumpstart routine below. Again, the faster you can get your gears turning and land into your body, the better.
- Wake up early, stretch and drink a few glasses of water.
- Go outside for a run. The impact onto the earth will almost immediately land you into your body. It will also direct the energy to your legs, feet and earth, and out of your head. You’ll sweat and purge out the gunk and energy from dreamland. You’re telling yourself and the world first thing that you’re nothing to f!ck with. It’s awesome!
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Take a shower. Reward yourself with your premium Self-Care For Dudes soap. Morning Jumpstart, High On Life, Wilderness Repair and Dark Night Detox are all great for morning. Take deep breaths of the natural herbal aromas to awaken your senses.
- Eat breakfast
- You won! Continue on, dude.
Do this every day and watch yourself become more alert and feeling like YOU in the morning. You’ll have a jumpstart on your life ever single day. It's a beautiful thing.
As they say, the early bird gets the worm. Make it happen, dude!
JR // Creator of Self-Care For Dudes
