My “Morning” Routine

Lately I’ve been journeying through life feeling so motivated, but EXHAUSTED in my motivation…does that make sense?...maybe not, but a lot of things don’t make sense!

I’d been on a journey to find my motivation...find that thing that will stick and keep me coming back and you know what I found…my “why” which had me headed in the direction of “discipline”. Oh somebody make it stop!!! That means commitment…which means no excuses tolerated…Oh God!

Each day since feeling “motivated” I have waken up and asked myself like an anxious child, “are you still motivated today???!!!” Without answering that question I get up, do my morning routine that some times starts as my afternoon routine, but we will get to that later! Then I get to work on my future and the ones whom I consider close to me future.

Now let’s circle back to that afternoon routine that I sometimes start fresh out of bed…as of lately I have come to understand that in order to build the life that I want I have to put in work outside of normal “business hours”…what does that look like for me…waking up washing my face, brushing my teeth, taking whatever supplements that I may or may not need to take for that day, and HYDRATION!! Then off to shower! I then take care of things around the house, depending on the day handle bills, miscellaneous things, check-in with my husband, talk to my Mama, can’t negate my spirituality so I spend some time as my higher self, God, and my Ancestors guide me to do, do some things for the business and before you know it my husband is calling saying that he is headed home…okay time for me to cook!….we eat, workout, shower, depending on the day we record content, depending on the day we upload that content and we promote it, and depending on day we spend time honoring our Ancestors! After ALL THAT I then work on building a future until early morning hours….so what does that even mean? I am working on the business some more!....so factor in sleep and that’s how we arrived to turning those morning routines into afternoon routines and might I add in one day I still have put well over 8 hours into working on the business…now that’s exhausting ain’t it?…Here’s the kicker…some days I still start my morning routine in the morning regardless of what time I go to bed…

What we have arrived at is DISCIPLINE!!! What’s your excuse?

If you have one, like I use to all the time and yes from time to time those excuses still get to rearing their ugly heads, I just remind myself that I can’t expect a change if I am not willing to do the changing…If you are reading this, then know that You Got This!!

Written by Shana of Our Essence of Serenity