For most of us, mornings can be a stressful and hectic time. Rushing to get ready for work or school, getting stuck in traffic, and facing the challenges of the day ahead can be overwhelming.
my morning used to start always by 8 or 9 am even during childhood and graduation days.
but it was a forced change in 2013 when I had to get up by 5:45 AM as my work location during this time was far away which took me around two n half hour of travel.
This was a time when the buzzword 'remote work' did not yet exist
however this routine was more related to be readiness for work.
while commuting to work, just thought to use the time and started reading books and blogs on various topics.
since my body clock didn't change on weekend started cultivating jogging on weekend as my morning routine followed by hydrating the body with coconut water.
what happen next after around 1 yr of this routine ?
the focus towards work was changed started observing out thing in more detail
the body was automatically energetic and light
the connect towards nature was changed
the connect towards food was changed craving for junk food decreased and also started to keep the timing of food intake strict.
I left the organization by 2015 while morning pattern become a normal routine even today with some more additional adjustments.
weekdays included a daily exercise for 20 min + change in eating patterns and weekend was focused toward jogging / cycling / walking.
reading routine brought another change of thoughts and value towards life and people.
2020 we all got hit by COVID - adding some turbulence on morning routine of exercise and reading from daily routine it moved to weekly and then monthly since allotment of time was changed.
this also taught me that it's not easy to manage a home.
but it also led me to cultivate a habit of meditation and realizing I had tons of monkey thoughts running.
this habit is now helping to clean this tons of thoughts and make it more focused.
This journey is improving day by day, and was able to bring back my basic morning routine.
Once restrictions lifted after COVID, added one more step to my routine and started walking while chanting, which I named 'walking meditation'
why this story is now shared after a decade ?
to help others seekers who are looking to bring some change in their habit and not give up since none of such routine gets cultivated in a flash of time.
it takes years to build step by step adding one by one turning habit into discipline approach of living which now doesn't requires any motivation to follow it.
such routine also bring a lot of changes in approach towards people / society / how you associate with your work / life and many factors which can be felt through this journey......