Life is too short to worry too much: How do you like to start your mornings?
If one thing I learned in the last few years is that for one to have a great and beautiful life, you just have to be intentional about your actions. Not necessarily the big plans, but from the very least to the big ones. The things you do and how you choose to go about them matters.
You see people that are very happy in life, if you look closely it mostly doesn't just happen by chance, it's been intentional about wanting to live a happy life and working towards making it happen.
This is no different than having a great and peaceful morning. My morning used to be chaotic, not being intentional about how I want to feel about the day, what breakfast will do my body a lot of good. In fact anything goes. And at the end of the day, I easily get exhausted and tired.
From Chaos to a calm Morning
At one point I told myself, I need to be better about how I choose to spend my morning, since a great morning routine will set the tone for how my day goes. In this regard, this is how my morning goes.
The moment I wake up, I love to take a few minutes to collect my thoughts, say a little prayer, commit my day activities into God's hands and ask him to be the center of my day. Let my needs align with his plans for me. Then I get out of my bed. This part can be a little tricky since I have a child who is an early riser. In short, I no longer need an alarm clock, he is always the first to wake up and once he is awake, I'm awake hehe. I would give him a hug, speak to him softly and tell him to give Mommy a few moments which he has learned to agree to.
At this point I love taking my morning shower 馃毧, this really calm me and energized me to the task ahead. Followed by my morning prayer which takes around five to ten minutes.
And now I'm in the kitchen preparing breakfast for my family. Mostly I go for light breakfast, something delicious, healthy and nourishing. Especially now that I'm expecting, there is a particular recipe that I don't miss from my breakfast 馃, that is a cup of milk with two spoonfuls of Honey. I discovered that it helps me get rid of any form of morning sickness, such as nauseousness, foggy brain, sluggishness, lack of appetite or general body weakness due to my pregnancy conditions.
I spoke with my doctor and he said it's healthy for my baby and I. I'm truly greatful, I discovered this honey tea because one thing that I dislike about being pregnant is not being able to be my best self. I went through it during my first pregnancy and it wasn't palatable at all. My doctor is very surprised how active I'm, and always having a cheerful face, moving about like there is no one growing inside my belly given that I'm in my trimester hehe. One of the nurses wishes her pregnancy will be so stress free when it's her time just like mine lol. Maybe, if I tell her my recipe, and she listens, it might work for her as well.
This is how my morning goes, and with this I go about feeling like I have the strength of two people, being pregnant or not. Having a positive mindset, with a little simple honey and milk tea is my secret to having a bright and cheerful day.
How about you, how do you love to go about your morning. Join us here at #LOH contest #270 and let's talk.
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