8 things to do before 8 am

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

In the morning, many of us are not able to get the toothpaste from the tube onto the brush the first time. Meanwhile, before eight in the morning, you can have time to change your life. If you really want to, of course.

Are you able to follow your dreams? Sometimes it seems like such a daunting task. And if you're lucky enough to get a full-time job, family and kids, keeping up with your own aspirations becomes even more difficult.

So how do you move forward?

You will have to find a little time every day to work on yourself. Otherwise, you will soon lose yourself in the hustle and bustle of days. It will take several decades before you realize this. And the rest of your life will turn into a sad semblance of "The Tale of Lost Time."

So, here's what you need to do: make sense of your life and get out of constant survival mode.

You are reading this article in order to reconsider your attitude towards life. Fully. Deep. Truthfully and honestly. This is the only way you can get back to basics.

Unfortunately, many people fill their lives with platitudes and meaninglessness. They spend all their time on this nonsense. Therefore, they do not have even a minute to stop and think.

Such people are constantly in survival mode. And you?

Remember how the hobbit Bilbo Baggins used to say that he felt like a tiny piece of butter being smeared in a thin layer over too large a piece of bread? Surely many could recognize themselves in this phrase. Unfortunately, in most cases even this piece of bread belongs to someone else. Few are willing to take responsibility for their lives.

This situation was absolutely normal for the previous generation: to live according to the rules and traditions established by other people. Many continue to go with the flow, not wanting to change anything.

You can't live like this any longer if you want to be successful, to achieve something, to be better than others. Because the people around you already understand their own responsibility and are ready to take on work and live every moment of their lives consciously, according to the rules that they themselves have established.

There is no escape: you are responsible for your life. You have to decide. You have to decide. If you don't, someone else will decide for you.

To train yourself to take responsibility for your life and learn how to make decisions, you need the right course of action. We have prepared a list for you. It seems long, but it's actually very simple and obvious.

• Wake up.
• Come to your senses.
• Move.
• Eat right.
• Prepare yourself.
• Get inspired.
• Assess your life.
• Start moving towards your goal.

Go.

So, before eight in the morning, you need …

Get some sleep

Healthy sleep is just as important as healthy eating. Surprisingly, even knowing this, millions of people neglect normal sleep and constantly feel the side effects of such thoughtless behavior.

Healthy sleep helps:

• improve memory;
• prolong life;
• increase creativity;
• increase concentration;
• lose weight faster and build muscle mass (if you supplement sleep with exercises);
• reduce stress levels;
• Reduce dependence on stimulants such as caffeine
• reduce your risk of developing depression.

Everything below will not matter if you are not going to get enough sleep. What's the point of getting up every day at seven in the morning if you go to bed at three or four in the morning?

You won't last long anyway. You can, of course, use stimulants, drink a lot of coffee, but even in this state you won't last long. In the future, your heart will fail you first - it will not stand such a life. Agree, a rather gloomy scenario for the development of events.

Meditate and / or pray

After you wake up, you need to fill yourself with calmness and a positive mood. To do this, you need to meditate or pray - which is closer to you (perhaps you practice both). The main thing is to focus and know what you want to achieve with this action.

Prayer and meditation cultivate in you a sense of gratitude for everything you have. Gratitude implies that you understand how many benefits have been given to you. This feeling works like a magnet. When you are truly grateful for everything you have, you attract more positive and good things into your life.

And gratitude is also easily transferred to another. Perhaps this feeling is the main key to success.

Accordingly, if you start every morning with the practice of gratitude, you will automatically attract all the best that is in this world. And the Universe will definitely not refuse you.

Do exercises

Despite the fact that the body constantly requires physical activity, the vast majority of people ignore these signals.

If you want to live a long, happy, and productive life, you need to train yourself to exercise regularly. Many make the right decision and go to the gym. If you don't like this activity, there are other options: work in the garden or a long walk.

Just find something that will make your body move.

What for? An incredible amount has been said about the positive effects of physical activity. Exercise can help reduce your risk of depression and manage stress. Sports activities are also associated with career success.

If you do not take care of your body, do not expect to take place in other aspects of your life.

Eat 30 grams of protein

Donald Layman, a professor at the University of Illinois, recommends eating at least 30 grams of protein for breakfast. Tim Ferriss, author of The Perfect Body in Four Hours, also recommends eating 30 grams of protein upon waking.

Tim says: his father strictly followed this recommendation and lost 8.5 kilograms in a month. Protein-rich foods can help you stay active for much longer. It does not leave the stomach so quickly, which means that you will not feel hungry soon.

Tim Ferris' Morning Eating Tips

• Eat at least 40% of your breakfast calories as protein.
• It is advisable to eat 2 or 3 eggs (each egg contains about 6 grams of protein).
• If you don't like eggs, replace them with pork, turkey, or cottage cheese.
• Another option is to make a protein shake.

People who try not to eat (or eat less) meat, milk, and eggs can get their protein intake from legumes, greens, or nuts.

Take a cold shower

Tony Robbins, a well-known American entrepreneur and author of books, starts each morning by jumping into a pool of water, whose temperature is 14 degrees. Why is he doing this?

If you take cold showers on a regular basis, you will feel better - physically and mentally. With the help of a cold shower, you train your immunity, improve the functioning of the lymphatic, circulatory and digestive systems, which means you increase the quality of your life.

In 2007, a study was published, according to which a cold shower can help relieve symptoms of depression and makes it more effective than medications. Cold water gives us a good mood: the body begins to release chemicals that make us feel happier.

Of course, dousing with cold water is scary. If you have taken an ice cold shower at least once, then you know: in the morning you will spend a few minutes deep in thought, wondering if you need all this at all.

You may have even entered into an internal dialogue with yourself and talked yourself into not taking a cold shower. “Tomorrow,” you solemnly promised yourself and went to work.

Or you jumped into the first drops of an ice cold shower and instantly turned on the hot water.

You should think about it again and pretend you are diving into a pool. No one enters the cool pool slowly because it is excruciating. Easier to scatter and dive. After 20 seconds, the body will get used to it and everything will be cool.

The same goes for a cold shower. At first, ice jets burn you, and your heart beats like an abnormal one. After 20 seconds, everything is in order.

By taking a cold shower, you exercise willpower and set yourself up for creativity and inspiration. You will have to learn to breathe slowly and calmly as the cold water pours down your back. But then you will feel happy. A lot of new ideas will visit your head, and some of them can and should be applied to achieve your goals.

In addition, this ritual helps you get out of your comfort zone right in the morning.

Motivate yourself

Ordinary people are looking for ways to have fun. You should look for ways to learn something new and interesting. The world's most successful people read at least one book a week. It is incredibly important for them not to stop learning.

You will definitely be able to listen to one audiobook a week if you play it on the way to work. And in the morning you can find 15 minutes to read something motivating and practical, something that will charge you for the whole day. This information changes you. It seems to place you in the zone where you are the most productive, creative and purposeful person.

You have already read hundreds of books. You are good at what you do. But now you need to broaden your horizons, look at the world from a new point.

Assess your life

All of your goals, big and small, need to be written down. It takes only a few minutes. Every morning you need to reread this list and reconcile your day with the way you see your own life.

If you re-read your list of big goals every day, then one way or another you will be thinking about them both in the morning and in the evening. And when you learn to evaluate and comprehend your life on a daily basis, you will begin to act according to the set goals. Sooner or later, your list of goals will turn into a proud manifesto of your entire life.

Achieving goals is science. You can't cheat.

Take at least one step towards a big goal

Willpower is like muscles. It can and should be trained. The same can be said for our ability to make the right decisions. This ability can be spent on nonsense. It can be lost - temporarily or permanently. You need to use it wisely.

All the most difficult decisions must be made in the morning. It is very important.

If you don’t do this, you will not be able to make a difficult decision in the evening. So, it will be postponed until tomorrow. Or the day after tomorrow. Or you may think that you can decide "later" - that is, never.

This is very difficult. But making the necessary decisions one step at a time brings you closer to the big goal. You will soon realize that these big goals are not that far off.

After eight in the morning

Once you've done all of the above, it doesn't matter how the rest of the day goes. You have already done all the most important things that will help you become more successful. You are already well on your way to your dream.

If you were able to accomplish all of this list, you have shown that you are ready for a better life. Each of the points will help you be more productive at work, build harmonious relationships, and become happy. Each of the above steps is a movement towards confidence, calmness and responsibility.

It's amazing how quickly life changes for the better if you put your willpower into a fist and just do the right thing.