How Perfecting My Morning Routine Got Me Lit AF

I hate mornings. I hate getting up in the morning. I hate breakfast food. I hate everything about the mornings.

Unfortunately mornings will always be apart of life, so I took it upon myself to find a way to make it bearable and little bit easier to live through.

Life Without A Morning

I would wake up at noon every single day, skip breakfast, watch TikTok for hours, stay in bed, and eventually get ready for the day if I had plans to hangout with people. If I didn’t have plans I would rot in my bed until it was time to go to sleep again. I would repeat and do this every day. Keep in mind this is summer and I do not have a job or school to go to everyday.

Doing this everyday obviously had its side effects. I was so depressed and did not understand why. I felt like I was throwing away my days and felt so alone and unhappy with myself. When I would hangout with my friends I had no energy and a low social battery. My brain was rotting watching TikTok all day so I had nothing to think about and felt so unsmart.

I was having these terrible days and living this unhappy life believing it was something out of my control. I thought feeling that way was just something I had to live through and was apart of me.

Why I Decided To Build A Morning Routine

It wasn’t until I was scrolling on my phone like I did everyday, and saw a video of a girl talking about the psychology behind having a bad day.

I wish I could find the TikTok so I can quote her on this and give my appreciation to her. But the video pretty much talked about how your morning routine impacts the rest your day and how you feel. She then went on to say that you can guarantee more good days than bad with a healthy routine set in the morning.

Good days felt rare for me so after hearing I could guarantee more than none I was intrigued and kept listening. She shared her morning routine and I took some things out of it and got to thinking. I thought about what I could do in the morning that would get me excited to wake up the next day.

My Perfect Morning Routine

Wake Up No Later Than 9:00 AM

I came to a conclusion that waking up at 1 PM everyday wasn’t so good for me. In the moment sleeping feels like warm hot chocolate on a freezing cold night, so comforting and needed. However, as the day goes by sleeping in so late felt like doing chores on the Titanic, pointless, annoying, and crappy.

It was hard the first week training my brain so drastically to wake up earlier than it was used to. The first 20 minutes are so difficult but I promise it’s worth not going back to bed.

To make it easier I like to open my blinds at night so I wake up to natural sunlight. Rather than an alarm annoying me to wake up I can just peacefully wake up on my own. I usually wake up around 8:30 am everyday, but still set an alarm for 9:00 am in case I sleep in.

Read For 15 Minutes and Drink Water

It’s so important to drink enough water throughout the day but I cannot remember to do it for the life of me. No matter how many cute water bottles I buy I can’t seem to remember to drink out of them.

I was telling my friend Katelyn about this and how need to find a way to drink more water somehow. She then told me that she drinks 32 ounces of water every single day before she gets out of bed. This sounded absolutely crazy to me because I had been drinking 32 ounces of water in TOTAL throughout the whole day. So to think she finishes that much water every morning before she gets up is so impressive.

When I thought about it more it’s kind of the smartest way for me to drink enough water in a day. It’s challenging but also the best time to crave water, right when you wake up. It’s also the most important time of day that your body would need water.

Now to not get bored while doing this I need to keep myself occupied. I thought if I went on my phone while doing this I would go on TikTok and eventually end up sitting there all day. So instead of continuing another unhealthy habit I decided to read a book while finishing a Stanley of water.

As soon as I wake up, I pick up a book and get cozy in my bed with my water and just sit there for about 15-30 minutes every morning. I can’t even tell you how much better I feel after doing this. I am one, consuming enough water throughout the day and two, I feel smarter from reading instead of rotting on TikTok.

Waking up early and immediately getting up does not work for me and will only want me to go back to bed and sleep in longer. This way I am still laying in bed for longer and allowing myself to get up slowly. I love this part of the morning.

Skincare and Brush Teeth

After drinking so much water I need to go to the bathroom. This always sets me up to brush my teeth and do my skincare routine while I’m already in there. There is nothing much to be said about it. I hope we all have been implementing this into all of our morning routines.

To give you more details I guess. I brush my teeth. I floss. I wash my face. I put moisturizer on. I put chapstick on. Just the essentials I don’t know.

Write In My Journal

I will have to make a separate post about journaling because it’s been so helpful for me. It took me so long to enjoy journaling and not look at it as a chore. I have found a way to love it.

I write in my journal every night and every morning. This is where I plan out my day and come up with ideas or goals for myself to keep in mind. I like to set myself up with little questions to answer every morning.

After I write in my journal about a goal I have set my brain will think about it in the back of my brain and I find myself more likely to achieve the goal by the end of the day. When I journal at night I give an overview and update on my day and if my goals were met. Writing in my journal and being able to say I completed a goal I set earlier is such a great feeling. I would compare it to the feeling of raising your hand in class and answering the question correctly.

Writing in my journal every morning also makes me feel less alone the rest of the day. When I wake up it’s like a sleepover with myself and I get to gossip with pen and paper. I recommend journaling to everyone. I think it is the best think you can do for yourself and will make you feel better in different ways.

If you are stuck and don’t know what to write here is a list of questions to choose from that you can answer every morning or night for yourself.

• What is something productive I will do today
• What is something fun I will do today?
• Who inspires me today?
• How do I feel?
• What went well today?
• What can I work on?
• How can I challenge myself today?
• How will I show kindness?
• What am I grateful for?
• What can I let go of?

Eat Breakfast and Drink Tea

I do not get hungry until later on in the morning so depending on who you are this step may be the very first thing you do or the very last. No matter when you decide to eat it is important and is needed in your routine.

I have always hated eggs, yogurt, oatmeal, etc. Pretty much any healthy breakfast food item. Now, I hate to be hypocritical but I just recently revisited eggs. I made avocado toast which I have always liked, but I heard that I need more protein in the morning. So I tried eggs on top to disguise the taste. I actually enjoyed it.

I liked having the eggs on top of something else but when I got to the yolk every time I felt like I was forcing it down. I tried making it with only egg whites and that was the money move right there. I have never enjoyed a breakfast meal more.

No matter what you choose to eat in the morning just make sure it has enough protein and will make you feel good the rest of the day. Honestly my breakfast used to consist of Takis and pickles every morning so anything is better than that.

Something I always will hate though is coffee. I love the aesthetic of people who drink coffee in the morning. It makes me envious that I just can’t enjoy it. I wanted something like this so bad. My solution was simple.

I decided to drink tea in a cute little mug every morning and play pretend. I sometimes include an English accent on the side of course. It is so unnecessary but I include it just for the vibes honestly. I drink it every morning and pretend I am a coffee drinking girly.

Get Ready And Go To The Gym

I always hated the gym and never understood how people could ever enjoy being there. The vibes felt horrible. I always felt stupid being there. I never knew what to do. All in all I just did not like the gym.

It took having pharygitas for a week to give the gym another try. I was so sick for weeks and the only thing I craved to do while being sick was workout and be active.

Once I felt better I put on a cute workout set. Got a new gym membership. And went to the gym with the intentions of going to an adult playground. I tried all of the machines and played my everyday music that made it more pleasing. I didn’t think about how I looked or If anyone thought I was stupid. For the first time I put myself first and let go, and had a great workout that made me want to go the next day.

I did this every single day for a week rather than just a couple days for longer periods of time. I found that going every other day in the past made it an option for me to go rather than a part of my daily routine. The first week was challenging to stay consistent but after that first week it gets so much easier and the rest of my life also became more consistent.

I am not saying you have to get pharygitas or a sickness to start going to the gym. I am saying with a little self love and motivation for yourself you can overcome a fear or love something you hated.

I do believe that I wouldn’t have stayed consistent that first week of going to the gym if I hadn’t had a stable morning routine that set me up to actually go every day.

After the gym my day truly begins and it wraps up my morning beautifully.

How I Was Able To Succeed

I am not going to lie and say it was the easiest change ever and I am now happier than a Dutch Bros worker. I will admit it was challenging.

I implemented each step slowly day by day. I did not start doing all of these little things all at once. I started with waking up earlier and adjusted to that for a couple of days. I thought about little things I could do every couple of days to make my routine better. Easing your way into it is the best way to go about everything.

I am still looking and finding new ways to keep my routine feeling new and not boring for myself. I change the order and a little thing here and there to make it more fun. Doing the same thing every single day can get boring at times.

Keep and open mind and tell your self over and over again that it will get easier and less challenging everyday. Self encouragement is always the best thing to do and will get you through it.

Changing an unhealthy lifestyle is so worth it and in the end gets me lit AF. I hope you found something new to try after reading this or if you know me and are proud of me. Thank you for tuning in and I will see you soon.