Time for another challenge! Every morning I must wake up 45 minutes earlier, in order to find my ideal morning ritual. I’ve never bothered with a ritual in the past, as I’ve always felt like I haven’t had enough time (after sleeping in). It’s about time for me to devote more moments to myself each morning to practise meditating, goal setting, exercising, reading and more.


I’ve been monitoring twitter using the search term “morning ritual”.  Can you relate to any of the following?

• Starting the day with coffee
• Adding some baileys
• Enjoying a doughnut
• Singing
• Listening to music
• Dancing
• Staring at the computer screen
• Practicing yoga
• Practicing affirmations & visualisations
• Stretching and exercising
• Finding inspiration from reading books & drawing cards of inspiration

I guess we all have our quirky rituals. The question is how many of them benefit you and set you up for a successful day ahead?  I’m going to try and find the answer for myself. What can I do that is going to bring more meaning to my day and set me up for more purpose driven results?

If you haven’t yet checked out my 5am, 5 day morning person challenge, you’ll see that I found it both quite an inspiring and motivating experience. The problem is, since completing the challenge; I’ve fallen back into some old habits.

I’ll sleep in till I absolutely have to wake up, and I’ll plonk myself down in front of the computer. I’ve realised that I need to break away from this habit. This is why I’m testing myself over 30 days, to see if I can consistently get up 30 – 45 minutes earlier and test out some different morning rituals. Hopefully a few beneficial rituals will last beyond the 30 day challenge.

What is your morning ritual? Does it need some tweaking? Does it work for you? What should I try?