Thanks to the pandemic, we’ve been attempting to make some changes to our routine. There’s one recent change that I’ve made inspired by an old interview of a successful Indian advertising guru. He said before he got out of bed each morning he planned what he was going to accomplish that day. The moment your feet hit the ground, he said, your day begins!
Before Your Feet Hit The Ground
I often plunge into the day with all its attending demands on my time. And it’s easy to get lost in the ‘doing’ and forget about the ‘being’.
I began to think of the notion that my day starts as soon as my feet hit the ground. What if I delayed that? What could I do in the time before waking up and getting out of bed.
Two things –
a. Set an intention for the day. A simple exercise of writing or verbalizing what you want to achieve in terms of being that day. For example. Today I will be calm. Today I will be grateful. It could also be an affirmation like this beauty from Mary Anne Radmacher.
b. One of the practices that is an important part of my life and something I struggle finding time for is writing my ‘Morning Pages‘. As much as I want to do them the first thing in the morning, I’m lucky if I find time before noon. So now I’ve started to write my morning pages in bed – before my feet hit the ground! It’s working so far.
Would this simple exercise of setting your intention before your feet hit the ground work for you? Are you doing something similar? I’d love to hear from you.
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Calm and grateful is a good thing to do each day. I love this idea.
Have a fabulous calm and grateful day. ♥
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Thanks, Sandee! Have a wonderful week ahead.
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Your posts are always so timely. Was thinking about just this a few days back. And my morning pages too sometimes become evening pages! And that makes me feel terrible.
Yes, a simple tweak is what I need to make, Sunita. It’s working so far!
I love your idea of setting an intention for the day. I got used to setting an intention in yoga class, but setting one for the whole day is a wonderful idea.
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Yes, it’s a good practice to incorporate, Laurie. I’m trying hard to stick to it!
Corinne Rodrigues recently posted..The Gentle Art Of Blessing
With the all the negativity around with the second wave, it helps to find ways of staying positive. This is a wonderful practise . I usually verbalize what I want to achieve but have been feeling bit lost since few days. Am looking to find ways to get my mojo back
It’s getting scarier all the time, isn’t it, Akshata? We have to battle this in our minds first of all.
Corinne Rodrigues recently posted..The Gentle Art Of Blessing
I make a mental list of things to do when I am brushing my teeth as it gives me something good and positive to think about. There was a time when my mind used to wander in all the unnecessary places no sooner was I awake. So, sometime back, I started the practice of not just thinking ahead about the activities for the day, but also telling myself that I love myself and that I am grateful for the life I have been blessed with. It makes a lot of difference to my day!